By Bimal Rajkomar Daily Bruin Contributor Female professors at UCLA are paid about 2.4 percent less than male equivalent counterparts, according to a study released Tuesday. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Maria Guerrera, a member of GALA, helped organize a rally in Westwood Plaza on Tuesday to kick off National Coming Out Month. Read more...

By David Drucker Daily Bruin Reporter With the presidential election less than four weeks away, George W. Bush and Al Gore ““ statistically even in most polls ““ have widened the education debate to include competing plans for college affordability. Read more...

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Community Service Commission wants UCLA students to step outside their comfort zones and reach out to others. Hosting its annual Community Service Fair today in Westwood Plaza, CSC members hope students will take time out to volunteer in the more than 20 student-run projects the commission has to offer. Read more...

ANDREA KIM Patti Diaz, a fifth-year psychology student, conducts a tour of the UCLA campus Wednesday. ABOUT REAL BRUINS Every other Thursday, the Daily Bruin takes a look at members of the UCLA community. Read more...

  CLAIRE ZUGMEYER Penelope Hein-Unruh is the new director of counseling of Letters & Science. By Payam Mahram Daily Bruin Contributor Two months after her appointment as director of the College of Letters & Sciences Counseling, Penelope Hein-Unruh says she can’t see herself doing anything else. Read more...

By Nitin Dhamija Daily Bruin Contributor A coalition of several student organizations came together Wednesday to promote political mobilization by encouraging Bruins to vote. “We have registered over 1,000 voters and we’re trying to get people interested and educated about upcoming elections,” said Alyssa Scullion, a second-year political science student and the chair of UCLA’s California Public Interest Research Group, one of the organizations participating in the event. Read more...