For the first time in nearly a decade, the Battling Robots Competition will again be held at UCLA. Hosted by UCLA’s Eta Kappa Nu and Symantec, the competition, which is free to the public, will be held tonight from 5 to 9 pm in 3760 Boelter Hall. Read more...

A young man dies from a heart disease, and it’s later discovered he was underfed while in the womb of his mother. But how does this relate to his heart disease? Read more...

In the hills of Thailand, 23 Buddhist monks are working around the clock to treat patients who are dying of AIDS. Twenty of these monks have contracted AIDS themselves in the process ““ but there isn’t anyone else but them to care for the sick. Read more...

In the first row of a UCLA medical school lecture hall, second-year Nghi Lu takes notes attentively. Her eyes shift between her professor and the slides he projects on the screen. Read more...

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SARS may affect Summer Sessions UCLA is consulting with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to consider whether or not to prohibit students from SARS-affected countries from attending Summer Sessions. Read more...

For some, the word “exercise” conjures up visions of Suzanne Sommers stretching in leg warmers, or of Richard Simmons prancing around in lycra. So it’s no wonder why people don’t exercise and instead sit on their couches and read this column. Read more...