JANA SUMMERS Dianne Fields, a fourth-year sociology student, speaks during an Affirmative Action Coalition rally against SP-1 and SP-2 in Meyerhoff Park Wednesday. By Shauna Mecartea and Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UC Board of Regents will vote next Wednesday whether to replace their controversial policies on affirmative action with another resolution. Read more...

  Photos by EDWARD LIN/ Daily Bruin Undergraduate Assistant Michelle Yadegari prepares the spectrophotometer for use by the students in a Life Sciences 2 lab. By Sharon Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Graduate students aren’t the only ones who conduct a discussion or lab sections for a class. Read more...

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter All departments in the College of Letters and Science have been asked to re-evaluate units for classes to comply with regulations, speed up graduation rates, and counter financial losses. Read more...

By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff A UCLA professor’s lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California won’t be set for trial until June at the earliest, as both parties involved raised new motions at last week’s status conference. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Walter Newman, vice chair of the E-Board warns USAC candidates that time is up to answer questions from student advocacy groups. Read more...

  The Associated Press This is the world’s first contraceptive patch, made by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter When fourth-year English student Peggie Jimenez began her relationship with her now long-time boyfriend, she made a conscious decision to use birth control. Read more...