Susan Velasco By Shauna Mecartea Daily Bruin Reporter To recognize the loss of former student Susan Velasco, the university flag is lowered half-mast Friday in front of Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

  CATHERINE JUN Environmental Coalition members Kevin Rudiger and Christine Riordan participate in a "die-in" in Westwood Plaza Thursday. By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff Five students from the Environmental Coalition staged a “die-in” at noon Thursday, chalking outlines of bodies in the center of Westwood Plaza and laying themselves face-down on the hot pavement in the name of Burma. Read more...

  By Marion Wise Daily Bruin Contributor Two quarters of lobbying for better financial aid and the repeal of policies banning affirmative action is not enough for Evan Okamura ““ that’s why he’s hoping to be external vice president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council again. Read more...

  Please click here for the full-size infographic By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor Next year’s academic affairs commissioner for the Undergraduate Students Association Council will let the Academic Senate know what they think of adjusting course units and implementing a diversity requirement in the curriculum. Read more...

  Photos from UCLA Archives California Hall, which served as the chemistry building at the old southern branch on Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, burnt down mysteriously in 1929. Read more...

Study calls for easier access to the pill Simplifying women’s access to hormonal contraceptives such as the pill would improve women’s health, according to a UC San Fransisco study that appeared in Wednesday’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read more...

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff The University of California hires female faculty at lower rates than the available labor pool, leading to a gender disparity among professors. Read more...