By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA argues the best in the West ““ when it comes to mock trials that is. The university’s mock trial team placed first and second in the western regional competition of the American Collegiate Mock Trial Association tournament earlier this month. Read more...

By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Senior Staff Classifying people by race and ethnicity for public education, contracting or employment throughout the state will stop in 2005 if a proposal by UC Regent Ward Connerly’s American Civil Rights Coalition reaches the 2002 ballot and is passed by California voters. Read more...

By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor ASUCLA textbook stores face Westwood competition for the first time in two years after Textbook Plus opened its doors last month. Read more...

  PRIYA SHARMA/Daily Bruin Students swarm the discount tables during the Anti-Valentine’s Day Sale at Ackerman Union Tuesday. The sale lasted one day and earned $465,000 for ASUCLA. Read more...

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Staff Nearly a century after Gregor Mendel laid down the basic rules of genetics with his experiments on pea plants, two scientific journals will be releasing the sequence of the entire human genome. Read more...

THREE’S COMPANY In this three-part series, the Daily Bruin will document the lives of three students, who were randomly picked to live in the same room and share their lives for an entire school year. Read more...

Last of Four By Linh Tat and Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff Midway through the academic year, The Bruin asked members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council to assess their roles as student representatives. Read more...