By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The investment consultant for the UC Board of Regents ““ which is considering the exclusion of tobacco stocks from its portfolio ““ performed a 1997 study on tobacco divestiture that was funded by Philip Morris, according to a document from the cigarette company. Read more...

  JENNIFER YUEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Fans have been placed in the Geology Library in an attempt to dry 500 wet books. By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Contributor Record rainfall damaged about 500 books in the Geology Library last Thursday morning due to clogged roof drains. Read more...

CATHERINE JUN Elena Gaft, fourth-year business-economics and German student, smokes. By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Staff Ethnobotanists call tobacco the “filthy weed” and estimate that humans have been addicted to it for 8,000 years ““ but research today is looking to prevent addiction. Read more...

L.A. basin at risk for worst earthquakes South Central Los Angeles and the city’s northern San Fernando Valley could be at risk of the most serious shaking in a major Southern California earthquake, according to a study released Tuesday. Read more...

  Illustration by JENNY YURSHANSKY/Daily Bruin By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Contributor Fourth-year microbiology and economics student Kabir Singh remembers the first time he met his former buddy, Anthony Rushing. Read more...