Click Here to See Larger Image By Kelly Rayburn and Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Senior Staff As the nation’s economy flounders, students are applying to graduate school in record numbers across the nation ““ and UCLA is getting more than its fair share. Read more...

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter University of California faculty and staff won’t get their expected pay raise unless changes are made to Gov. Gray Davis’ proposed 2002-03 budget. Read more...

  Center for Health Sciences Thomas Lebherz By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor Dr. Thomas Lebherz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, died Jan. 17 from cancer complications at the age of 79. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Abdel Malik Ali speaks at Wednesday’s "Miseducation of a Nation" forum. By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor Cultural assimilation, globalization and identity were the topics discussed at an Affirmative Action Coalition forum in Moore Hall Wednesday night. Read more...

  NAM PHO Eight panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were displayed at Tuesday’s Roll-AIDS event in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. By Terri Aquino Daily Bruin Contributor Among the bustle of skaters at Tuesday’s Roll-AIDS fund-raiser, the AIDS Memorial Quilt stood as a silent but powerful reminder of the devastation brought on by the disease. Read more...

  KATY TSCHANN-GRIMM Kerckhoff Coffeehouse employee Mike Cagulada, a fifth-year chemistry student, shows off the new vegan wraps. By Natalie Digate Daily Bruin Contributor While first-year students dread gaining the infamous “Freshman 15″ and upperclassmen continue to make unhealthy food choices, they can no longer blame lack of healthy food options on campus for their weight gain. Read more...

  MIKE CHIEN Mike Eubanks, a second-year applied mathematics student, picks up a newspaper from the racks during a study break at the dorms. By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Contributor The next time the conversation steers toward current events, UCLA students will be ready ““ or so the Newspaper Readership Program hopes. Read more...