The four ethnic research centers at UCLA will unveil a proposal today asking the university for additional faculty to help the centers keep pace with California’s growing minority population. Read more...

A group of UCLA law students will file a Supreme Court brief describing their support for affirmative action today, in response to a lawsuit over the University of Michigan’s admissions policy. Read more...

The student commissioner in charge of addressing finance-related issues plans to launch an online housing index by the end of the month to help students hunt for apartments. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ In what was billed as “the weekend that stopped the war,” tens of thousands of protesters massed in the heart of Hollywood on Saturday and in downtown San Francisco on Sunday, marking two day’s worth of demonstrations in over 600 cities in 60 countries around the globe ““ the largest-ever coordinated worldwide anti-war event. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ They seem to spring up overnight. They travel by train, car, bus, plane, bicycle or foot. They come in ones, twos, threes, small groups or massive armies. Read more...

A brighter future for Westwood may be on the horizon. The Westwood Village Business Association had its first meeting Wednesday, at which property owners and tenants alike expressed their desire to work together, with sights set on re-creating the bustling Village of the past. Read more...

Graduate students at the Cheng Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics research lab could teach Cupid about love and the meaning of Valentine’s Day, a holiday which for them does not mean an expensive night out. Read more...