It was the day after UCLA ended its record-setting, multi-billion-dollar fundraising campaign that the e-mails started pouring into Michael Eicher’s inbox. Eicher, the UCLA vice chancellor of external affairs, received messages from colleagues at universities all over the country ““ people who, like him, dedicate their time to chasing ever-crucial dollars from donors and alumni. Read more...

Though 25 years have passed since he saw his first patient with AIDS, Dr. Michael Gottlieb, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said he remembers that patient in more detail than the patients he saw yesterday. Read more...

Hundreds of people filled Bruin Plaza on Friday, spilling onto the steps and roof of Ackerman Union, to watch Patricia Alford-Keating, a UCLA Student Psychological Services counselor, and her partner, Shannon Lea Keating, rededicate their lives to one another in a public ceremony. Read more...

Democratic voters will go to the polls Tuesday to pick a gubernatorial candidate to run against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but neither of the top candidates has gained a substantial lead, and fewer than 40 percent of eligible voters are expected to go to the polls. Read more...

In what University of California officials called evidence of the university’s commitment toward transparency, compensation for three newly appointed senior officials was released to the public Friday shortly after their appointments during a special closed meeting of the UC Board of Regents. Read more...

Many students on this campus don’t even know what USAC is. Right now, we can’t blame them. If the Undergraduate Students Association Council was a class, this year’s councilmembers barely passed. Read more...

Correction appended No, there was no 12th national championship banner hoisted for the basketball team in Pauley Pavilion this year. No victory over the ‘SC football team in the Big Game, either. Read more...