EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Freidman speaks to students in Korn Convocation Hall, Wednesday. By Chris Goodmacher Daily Bruin Contributor Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Book Award winner Thomas Friedman spoke about globalization Wednesday at UCLA. Read more...

By Nick Yulico Daily Bruin Contributor Used textbooks are a contentious issue among UCLA students not aware of online options with bargains not available at the UCLA Store. Read more...

  Illustration by RACHEL REILICH/Daily Bruin By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA students and staff are taking extra measures to protect themselves after two sexual assaults last week in Schoenberg and Boelter Halls. Read more...

By David Drucker Daily Bruin Reporter President-elect George W. Bush will be inaugurated Saturday among well-wishers and protesters alike as the nation’s 43rd chief executive. While there is usually intrigue surrounding any new administration, the recount and court-riddled post-election period has lent unusual attention to many routine transitory events. Read more...

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Staff Ever since her first year in medical school, Evis Petrela, wanted to work with eyes ““ now her job is to help fix an entire nation’s cataracts. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo Regent Judith Hopkinson speaks with Student Regent Justin Fong at a meeting last May. The board meeting continues today. By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; A policy to exclude tobacco stocks from the university’s investment portfolio sailed through the UC Board of Regents’ committee on investments Wednesday, encountering no opposition. Read more...