Sunny weather brightens Bruin attitudes Feb. 3 temp of 91 degrees beats ’54 UCLA record By Tatiana Botton Students smiling, people playing Frisbee and bodies sunning on the grass — this is how UCLA looks when the weather is warm. Read more...

Architect constructs innovative database New grant funds link of computer design languages By Ben Gilmore The use of computers in architectural design may be revolutionized with help from a three-year grant to UCLA’s architecture and urban design department from the National Science Foundation. Read more...

More bins to encourage campus recycling Administrators, groups advocate waste reduction By Betty Song The big red and gray recycling bins at campus eating areas and the student union aren’t just there to sport pictures of aluminum cans and newspapers. Read more...

Towell to house different facilities Dance Building will relocate to temporary structure By Naoki Narus By now many students have gotten used to the green fences surrounding Powell Library. Read more...

Trial draws students’ notice Professor cites racial conflicts, abuse as issues at stake in case By Tatiana Botton Some students say he’s guilty, others say he is not. Read more...

Taxpayers paid for Gingrich’s private travel By David Morris The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich didn’t receive a dime to teach a history course at a Georgia college in 1993, but government records show taxpayers picked up most of the tab to fly him there. Read more...

Community debates American identity Panelists, audience engage in heated dialogue on multiculturalism By Nancy Hsu and Lucia Sanchez Daily Bruin Senior Staff Members of the campus community engaged in a lively dialogue at a town hall meeting Wednesday night about their identities and relationships in a multicultural, multiracial society. Read more...