As campaigning for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections begins today, all three candidates for president will come together in a debate sponsored by the Daily Bruin and BruinNews29. Read more...

A candidate running for the academic affairs commissioner position with the Student Power! slate dropped out of the race for the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Eric Barba submitted his paperwork for withdrawal to the elections board on Tuesday, said Nathan Lam, elections board chairman. Read more...

La Verne student diagnosed with meningitis LA VERNE -“”mdash; Antibiotics have been given to about 90 students after a University of La Verne freshman was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Read more...

Amid plans to save energy this summer by reducing the use of air conditioning and ventilation on campus, UCLA Facilities Management and library staff are collaborating to ensure books don’t become the next casualty of rising fuel prices. Read more...

Mimicking the processes by which the sun creates its energy, UCLA researchers have created nuclear fusion within the confines of a campus laboratory. The experiment ““ which will be published in today’s issue of the journal Nature ““ allowed scientists to produce small quantities of power by utilizing a tiny crystal and generating a strong electric field. Read more...

Recent administrative action that would allow a 1,540-pound increase in the amount of plutonium stored at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is causing concern over the possible health hazards to surrounding residents. Read more...