Young announces support of affirmative action Chancellor to meet with civic leaders to discuss issue, encourages campus debate By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Chancellor Charles Young has announced he will open a debate on affirmative action this week, confirming his faith in the besieged system by issuing statements to campus forums of students, faculty and staff. Read more...

Students who can’t take the heat in the kitchen develop creative survival skills By Kimberly Mackesy It’s 6 o’clock. You’ve just come home from a long day of classes. Read more...

Nakanishi educates about internment Prof anticipates position on Civil Liberties board By Laryssa Kreiselmeyer For Professor Don Nakanishi, head of UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center, the internment experience of Japanese-Americans during World War II is both a personal and an educational matter. Read more...

Grad union continues plans for walkout University administration refuses to voluntarily recognize SAGE By Betty Song The graduate employee union authorized a strike last week to pressure the UCLA administration into voluntarily recognizing their collective bargaining rights. Read more...

UCLA alumnus champions right to free speech Pro-hemp shop owner challenges drug laws, ‘illegal’ words and the Constitutional right By Allyssa Lee As an undergraduate student at UCLA, Craig Rubin was not one to shy away from expressing his right to free speech. Read more...

Ackerman, Kerckhoff to extend study hours By Cari Brooks Toward the end of the quarter, many students face the onset of pressure and stress with finals on the horizon. Read more...

Lawsuit alleges cover up Former professor claims colleagues copied his work By Gil Hopenstand Daily Bruin Senior Staff A former UCLA radiology professor has filed a lawsuit accusing four people and the University of California Regents of academic plagiarism and of covering up its occurrence. Read more...