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...

By Shauna Mecartea Daily Bruin Contributor CALPIRG announced the launch of SavePowerNow.com, a Web site geared toward educating students about ways to conserve energy and help solve the energy crisis, at a news conference in Ackerman Union Friday. Read more...

By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff Chancellor Albert Carnesale has been asked to choose sides in a bitterly contested debate between members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council over the issue of student group funding. Read more...