Converter theft and deterrence easy I’m responding to last week’s Daily Bruin article (“Police arrest suspect in catalytic converter thefts,” Sept. 4) on the arrest of a suspect in the recent catalytic converter thefts. Read more...

For those students who love to spend late nights studying at Powell or perusing the shelves of the Arts Library, you might have to find something else to do. Read more...

Libraries are closing, majors risk elimination and salaries are being cut. Yet, UCLA administrators are about to embark on an estimated $121 million construction project. UCLA plans to sell $110 million in bonds and tap into UCLA housing reserves accumulated from student housing fees to build new graduate housing. According to Ross Shideler, associate dean of the graduate division, the construction of 504 graduate housing studios is important in garnering new students. Read more...

With the U.S. government's recent interest in health-care reform, calorie counting has gone beyond the habits of the Real Housewives and is now an issue of national concern. The Labeling Education and Nutrition Act of 2009 aims to reduce the problems of obesity and associated medical conditions by mandating that restaurants provide nutritional information on their menus. Read more...

Media bias on both sides of the political spectrum was highlighted most recently during the 2008 election, with accusations of favoritism and leniency toward both parties. Read more...

For those who dislike standardized tests, perhaps the UC Board of Regents' latest decision regarding undergraduate admissions is long overdue. Read more...

Repudiation of violence laudable In her column “Animal rights activists need to temper radical action and reconsider their objectives” (Aug. 17), Avni Nijhawan makes the case that extremists, ostensibly in support of animal rights, have sullied the reputations of both the animal welfare and vegetarian movements by engaging in criminal “direct action” to achieve their ends. Read more...