DANIEL WONG Student Regent-designate Tracy Davis and current Student Regent Justin Fong listen at the Board of Regents meeting. By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UC Board of Regents tentatively put an end to casual employment and discussed the removal of tobacco stocks from future investments at Wednesday’s meeting, which took place in Covel Commons. Read more...

  Portia Pedro By Melody Wang Daily Bruin Reporter With the recent announcement of Portia Pedro’s ineligibility to remain as the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president, new candidate applications are available today and a special election will be held Nov. Read more...

By Michael Levine Daily Bruin Contributor University Professional and Technical Employees and the Coalition of University Employees organizers rallied Wednesday in Westwood Plaza, though they had to compete with a rock band and the bargain tables in front of the UCLA Store for the lunchtime public’s attention. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/ Daily Bruin Senior Staff Yvette Falarka marches for By Any Means Necessary, a student activist group trying to reverse the ban on affirmative action in the UC system. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Contributor The passage of California’s Proposition 36 may have an effect on who will be eligible for financial aid under Federal Application for Student Aid guidelines. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY Third-year applied math student Marian Cheng works on a crossword puzzle on the Kerckhoff patio between classes. By Janet Chang Daily Bruin Contributor Alongside toast, orange juice and cereal, crossword puzzles regularly garnish the breakfast tables of some UCLA students. Read more...

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UC Board of Regents will be meeting today and Thursday in Covel Commons, discussing, among other issues, the UC’s 2001-02 budget and the importance of graduate education. Read more...