By Robin Irey Daily Bruin Contributor They are “permatemps” at Microsoft, substitute teachers in the education field, casuals in UCLA’s general work force and per diems in the UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Drug question now mandatory for aid CAMBRIDGE, Mass. “”mdash; In a move that could affect thousands of college applicants, the U.S. Department of Education moved last week to close a loophole that had allowed college applicants to leave blank a question about prior drug convictions, the Harvard Crimson reported. Read more...

By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Reporter Energy prices for the University of California and the California State University will not increase after a preliminary injunction was issued against Enron Energy Services Wednesday by a federal judge in San Francisco. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher speaks to a large crowd on campus Monday about improving health and lengthening life. By Shauna Mecartea Daily Bruin Contributor U.S. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Arash Davari raps at a spoken word event on Monday in Kerckhoff Art Gallery hosted by Concerned Asian Pacific Students Students for Action. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Uzma Naz speaks at a program discussing science and religion. By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Contributor Religion and science can exist in harmony, experts said at a lecture in Young Hall Monday night. Read more...

Illustration by Victor Chen By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Reporter NASA began another mission when its 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft roared into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday . Read more...