MARY CIECEK/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Former South Dakota Sen. Larry Pressler speaks at the Faculty Center about the current state of Congress. By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Contributor In the Faculty Center Tuesday, former Senator Larry Pressler and former Congressman Bob Carr took part in a policy briefing addressing the coming of a new congress and a new administration. Read more...

  Illustration by ERICA PINTO/Daily Bruin By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Contributor The re-birth of disco era fashion started with bell-bottom pants and platform shoes. When gold hoop earrings and rock concert tees caught on, there was no doubt that the ’70s were back again. Read more...

By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor Talk of economic downfall may have begun as whispers, but it became loud and clear as America blasted into the new year. Read more...

By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter With the UC Board of Regents set to consider excluding tobacco stocks from their investment portfolio next week, some regents say there appears to be enough support on the board to take such an action. Read more...

Professor, pioneering researcher dies at 84 Dr. Milton I. Roemer, a pioneering health services researcher, teacher and professional whose prescience of industry trends and possibilities led to his significant contributions to health policy in the United States and abroad, died of heart failure Jan. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY Tiffany Butler sells a sweater to first-year student Apurva Chandra earlier this year. ASUCLA increased its minimum pay by 40 cents. By Kimberley Ma Daily Bruin Contributor To stay competitive with the job market, the Associated Students of UCLA has increased wages for student employees above that of California’s new minimum wage of $6.25 an hour, which went into effect Jan. Read more...