PATIL ARMENIAN/ Daily Bruin Senior Staff Jennifer Jacobs signs a card to support CALPIRG next to Merriah Fairchild, a CALPIRG intern coordinator. CALPIRG is opposed to BP’s desire to drill for oil in northern Alaska. Read more...

By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Contributor In France, “genocide” now officially describes the death of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks, after landmark French legislation passed Jan. Read more...

By Kevin Lee Daily Bruin Contributor University of California and California State University campuses are safe from rolling blackouts due to contracts with non-deregulated utility companies, though energy conservation is still a priority at UCLA. Read more...

CLAIRE ZUGMEYER Professor J. Mark Ramseyer of Harvard Law School speaks during a conference about modern legal systems in Asia. By Lily Jamali Daily Bruin Contributor Academics from UCLA and across the country gathered Friday and Saturday to discuss the sometimes conflicting relationship between traditional and legal values in Asia. Read more...

  Photos courtesy of University Archives Since 1931, Kerckhoff Hall has been a center for student activity and has housed many student organizations. It used to include a men’s activity room, now the Kerckhoff Grand Salon (above and lower left), while the meeting room for the Undergraduate Students Association Council (lower right) has remained relatively the same. Read more...

  Michael Weiner Weiner is a fourth-year history and political science student. His column analyzing issues of interest to the UCLA community runs on Mondays. Send feedback to [email protected]. Read more...

  MARY CIECEK/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Patrons of L.A. Fitness Center in Westwood workout and watch George W. Bush be inaugurated as the nation’s 43rd president. Read more...