CLAIRE ZUGMEYER Penelope Hein-Unruh is the new director of counseling of Letters & Science. By Payam Mahram Daily Bruin Contributor Two months after her appointment as director of the College of Letters & Sciences Counseling, Penelope Hein-Unruh says she can’t see herself doing anything else. Read more...

By Nitin Dhamija Daily Bruin Contributor A coalition of several student organizations came together Wednesday to promote political mobilization by encouraging Bruins to vote. “We have registered over 1,000 voters and we’re trying to get people interested and educated about upcoming elections,” said Alyssa Scullion, a second-year political science student and the chair of UCLA’s California Public Interest Research Group, one of the organizations participating in the event. Read more...

By Melody Wang Daily Bruin Reporter Two months after its approval, administrators continue to question the fairness of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s base budget. Administrative Representative Lyle Timmerman froze the budget shortly after USAC approved it this summer, citing that the Budget Review Committee failed to provide sufficient evidence that it allocated funding to student groups on a content-neutral basis. Read more...

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Reporter Liver cancer affects more than a million people a year, and the new Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center, which opened last month, hopes to lower the number of deaths caused by the disease. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN CSO Brian Troutman, a third-year psychology student, escorts third-year philosophy student, Tawny Bauman back to her apartment. By Jessica Kwek Daily Bruin Contributor From escort services and evening van pools to access control, UCLA participates in several programs to help students feel safe on and around campus. Read more...

By Michael Falcone Daily Bruin Senior Staff Scholars from the University of California are being asked to study the economics of slavery. Two bills, sponsored by California State Senator Tom Hayden, D-Santa Monica, are aimed at researching and reporting the extent to which businesses, including insurance companies, profited from slavery. Read more...

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff About 200 pregnant students visit the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center each year, and, according to Director Edward Wiesmeier, most of them choose to terminate their pregnancy. Read more...