Attorneys for defendants accused of raping a UCLA student in 2002 urged the jury to acquit their clients during closing arguments Friday, saying the sexual encounters had been consensual. Read more...

The Nikkei Student Union hosted 34 teams this weekend in the Yuji Ichioka Memorial Basketball Tournament held in Pauley Pavilion. The 12th annual tournament, previously called the “shoot out,” was renamed last year after the death of Asian American activist Yuji Ichioka, one of the founders of the Asian American Studies Center. Read more...

A few candidates for the UCLA undergraduate student government handed out fliers in the dorms, turned in late or incomplete expense accounts, and distributed unstamped materials during elections in the last two weeks. Read more...

Classics Professor Andrew Dyck was sentenced to six months in Ventura County Jail on Thursday, concluding an incident dating back nearly a year and half ago. Read more...

A bill providing guidelines for implementations of a textbook rental program in the state’s public colleges passed the California State Assembly on May 20 with bipartisan support. Read more...

Controversial festival secures site RENO, Nev. “”mdash; After facing scant opposition, Burning Man organizers have secured a two-year permit to stage the counterculture festival on the northern Nevada desert. Read more...

UC Davis student nominated to regents Adam Rosenthal, a second-year law student at UC Davis, and a UCLA alumnus was nominated to be the student representative to the University of California Board of Regents for 2005-2006. Read more...