Technical workers win $7 million in back pay Judge rules UC withheld raises to stop unionization By Michael Angell Daily Bruin Contributor A union representing UC technical and administrative employees was awarded $7 million from the university. Read more...

Virtual office hours connect professors, students By Jean May Chen Daily Bruin Contributor A year after its inception, Craig Merlic beheld his virtual office hours project and saw that it was good. Read more...

Activism Through the Years History of UCLA rife with student political protests By Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff For more than 75 years, UCLA has reflected the world during times of political and social unrest. Read more...

Author speaks out for reform West stresses need for ethnic history in general education By John Digrado Daily Bruin Staff Advocating more ethnic requirements in undergraduate education, distinguished author and education reform advocate Cornel West lectured to a nearly full Schoenberg Auditorium Thursday afternoon. Read more...

Poll shows most faculty favor affirmative action Participation in vote by Academic Senate is low; apathy cited By Rachanee Srisavasdi Daily Bruin Contributor A majority of UCLA faculty members support a resolution to rescind the University of California regents’ affirmative action ruling, according to results from an Academic Senate mail ballot released yesterday. Read more...

Female friends may give signs of true feelings Dear Darlene: I seem to have a pattern of becoming really good friends with a girl and then developing a wicked crush on her. Read more...

UCLA researcher finds drug to help cancer treatment By Tiffany McElroy Daily Bruin Contributor As a young boy, James Berenson fantasized about becoming a scientific explorer of the human body. Read more...