About 50 students held a candlelight vigil Thursday night in Bruin Plaza to remember Liza Mederos, a fourth-year sociology student who died March 15 after struggling with aplastic anemia. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents was right to distance itself from its chairman, who has berated university admissions using only slim evidence of any real problems. Read more...

The young man in Manila ordered a Spamburger and a side of Caesar salad with Spam. A victim of American global marketing, he was eating at the world’s first Spam restaurant, Spamjam. Read more...

Mass ticketing in Westwood unfair The parking situation around Westwood apartments has gotten out of control. A few weeks ago, over 100 Westwood residents received parking tickets for having their cars extend onto the sidewalk. Read more...

For Cathryn Dhanatya, volunteering is more than just a kind gesture. It is a way of life. When e-mails circulated from the UCLA College seeking a graduate student who could fulfill the voluntary role of discussion leader for an education course that addresses students’ adjustments to college life, Dhanatya willingly took interest. Read more...

In recent weeks, UCLA has been getting a lot of coverage in the international press, but not the kind of publicity the school desires. The story of two UCLA medical center employees arrested in connection with the illegal sale of cadavers donated to the UCLA Willed Body Program has been covered by everyone from CNN and Reuters to Yahoo! Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents voted 8-6 Thursday to confirm its commitment to comprehensive review and censure regents chairman John Moores for an editorial in which he lambasted the university’s admissions practices. Read more...