Michael Weiner The story hit front pages all over the country. The president of the most prominent public university system in the United States has called for the elimination of the SAT I as a requirement in undergraduate admissions, thus undermining one of the fundamental assumptions that has governed American higher education for the past half century. Read more...

Illustration by JARRETT QUON/Daily Bruin Carolina Reyes Daily Bruin Contributor Back in the 1930s, some professors at UCLA did more than just lecture and research. Walter Mosauer, a professor in the zoology department, was the first chairman and coach of the UCLA ski team. Read more...

  CATHERINE JUN Saidi Kapiga of Harvard University spoke at a conference at UCLA addressing aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the African continent. By Trucmai Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor By this time tomorrow 6,000 people will have died from AIDS in Africa. Read more...

By Lily Jamali Daily Bruin Contributor Many Middle Eastern women experience feelings of nostalgia upon leaving their homelands, whether they leave willingly or due to exile, according to two studies presented Friday at the Faculty Center. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Many students who are beginning to look for apartments for next year have noticed many complexes will be raising their rates. By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Contributor Saurabh Kikani, a fourth-year political science student, has lived in the same two-bedroom apartment on Veteran Avenue since 1999. Read more...

By Timothy Kudo and Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Center for Equal Opportunity, a Washington-based think tank, released a report Thursday saying that racial and ethnic preferences have played a much larger role in freshman admissions at U.S. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Jane Elliot speaks about racism, discrimination and diversity during her presentation at Pauley Pavilion Wednesday. By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Contributor Many people will never know what it feels like to experience the anger and hurt caused by discrimination, but Jane Elliott hopes to change all that. Read more...