PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Crosses put up by the student group Conciencia Libre stand scattered across the grass in front Meyerhoff Park. By Melody Wang Daily Bruin Reporter On Tuesday, the eve of the Day of the Dead, students put up white crosses throughout campus in memory of those who died crossing the San Diego border. Read more...

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Reporter Today, Jimmy Carter will join the company of basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, actor James Earl Jones and composer Henry Mancini ““ all of whom have received the university’s highest honor. Read more...

  By Janet Chang Daily Bruin Contributor Former President Lyndon Johnson may have turned to an ancient Chinese tradition to end the Vietnam War, said Associate Professor Hung-Hsiang Chou, who teaches in the East Asian Studies and Culture department. Read more...

  JESSE PORTER/Daily Bruin Senior Staff With seven days left until the presidential election, Vice President Al Gore spoke to more than 1,000 supporters in Westwood Village Tuesday night. Read more...

Davis faculty member survives Taipei crash A family member has confirmed that a member of the UC Davis faculty, Kevin Rice, was injured in the crash Tuesday of a Singapore Airlines jet bound from Taipei to Los Angeles. Read more...

By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Contributor California State Treasurer Philip Angelides spoke at the UCLA Law School Monday to 40 faculty members and students about how to promote growth in communities left behind in the state’s booming economy. Read more...