UCLA Crime Burglary and misdemeanor drug charges increased in the last year at UCLA, while violent crime rates decreased SOURCE: University of California Police Department, Los Angeles Original graphic by TIMOTHY NGO/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Web adaptation by MIKE OUYANG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By By Jason Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Thefts and drug-related crimes at UCLA continued to rise in 2000, according to statistics recently released by university police. Read more...

Helicopter crashes on Medical Center A helicopter crashed on the Medical Center landing pad as it attempted to take off after an organ delivery Saturday at 1 a.m. Read more...

  Photos by NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Eric Chin works as a lab consultant at the CLICC, the College Library Instructional Computing Commons. By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Senior Staff As the school year rolls in and the money rolls out, finding a job is a necessity that makes its way to the top of many Bruins’ to-do lists. Read more...

  Photo Illustration by MANDY WHITING Backpacks left outside of lockers are an easy target for thieves. By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Freshmen and transfer students busy learning UCLA’s 8-clap should be aware of a campus problem that might not steal their school spirit, but their wallets instead. Read more...

University creates faculty position The university is accepting applications and nominations for a new associate vice chancellor for faculty diversity. Applications should be sent to the AVC Faculty Diversity Search Committee by Aug. Read more...

  Illustration by CASEY CROWE/Daily Bruin By Matt Goulding Daily Bruin Reporter The pungent smell of burning chronic on campus and the repulsive odor of flaming couches being dropped from apartment rooftops have garnered reactions from local authorities and community members over the last several years that have left students with nothing more than dying traditions. Read more...