CATHERINE JUN Converse, whose shoes were first endorsed in the 1920s, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Contributor The shoe company Converse, known for basketball, high tops and its trademark star, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Monday after selling an estimated 575 million pairs of “Chuck Taylor” high top shoes since their creation in 1921. Read more...

  CATHERINE JUN Kimberly Easson, marketing director of Transfair USA, and members of the Environmental Coalition requested that fair trade coffee be available on campus during a Jan. Read more...

Michael Weiner Weiner is a fourth-year history and political science student. His column analyzing issues of interest to the UCLA community runs on Mondays. E-mail [email protected]. Read more...

  The Associated Press Al Gore addresses a luncheon in a surprise visit in New York last Thursday. By Michael Falcone Daily Bruin Senior Staff Former Vice President Al Gore announced Friday he would soon begin an academic relationship with UCLA, but information about what exactly his role will be is being kept in something of a lock box. Read more...

Geophysicists study Earth’s core Millimeter deviations from the expected wobble of the Earth’s axis are giving geophysicists clues to what happens 1,800 miles underground, at the boundary between the Earth’s mantle and its iron core. Read more...

Q: What is the “American Clock” at UCLA? A: “It’s the clock by the Medical Plaza and is the only visible clock on campus.” ““ Claudia Rivas, fifth-year, physics A: “It’s a clock in the main quad area near Powell.” ““ Sherry Dodge, second-year, communications studies A: “Does it tell time?” ““ Audrey Beck, fourth-year, communications studies “˜The American Clock’, written by Arthur Miller, is premiering today in Macgowan Hall’s Little Theater under the direction of the Vice Chair in the Theater Department. Read more...

  PRIYA SHARMA/Daily Bruin Barbara Nelson, dean of the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, speaks with John W. Mack (left) and Johng H. Read more...