MIKE CHIEN James Ngo takes time to think after a moment of silence for UCLA alumnus Thien Minh Ly. By Payam Mahram Daily Bruin Contributor About 30 students lit up Royce Quad on Wednesday night with a candlelight vigil commemorating the death of UCLA graduate Thien Minh Ly, who died victim to a hate crime five years ago. Read more...

  MINDY ROSS/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Students who enroll in Medical Spanish 28A serve as translators at the Venice Family Clinic shown here. By Carolina Reyes Daily Bruin Contributor Some ethnic minorities around the Los Angeles area don’t receive ““ or are cautious about receiving ““ adequate health care. Read more...

By David Drucker Daily Bruin Reporter John Ashcroft was confirmed Thursday as the new United States attorney general, ending weeks of contentious debate on Capitol Hill and across the nation. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Local policy expert Xandra Kayden speaks on term limits and energy deregulation during a briefing on L.A. and state problems. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Mark Speare (foreground), of UCLA Health Care, hears hospital service workers voice their complaints Wednesday afternoon. By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter A few dozen medical service staff crowded into an elevator lobby ““ some with turquoise work smocks sticking out from underneath their green union shirts. Read more...

  Photo Courtesy of UCLA Asian American Studies Center Royal Morales, former professor of Asian American Studies died Jan. 23 of a heart attack. Morales, known to many as "Uncle Roy," was 68. Read more...