During 10th and finals week, Net Impact Undergrad at UCLA, an organization focused on socially conscious business, is collecting books to promote literacy around the world. The drive, which runs through Dec. 12, is a partnership with Better World Books, an online bookseller that will sell donations with a percentage of profits going to organizations working to improve literacy in third-world countries. Organizers of the committee said the end of the quarter is an ideal time to elicit book donations. Read more...

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block condemned violence by animal rights activists in a university statement last week after two vehicles were torched outside of a Los Angeles home on Nov. 20. Students and Workers for the Liberation of UCLA Primates claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted a UCLA researcher. "Through these reprehensible tactics and reckless behavior, anti"“animal research extremists demonstrate repeatedly that they are willing not only to risk the lives of those who spend their careers working to help others but also the lives of the unsuspecting general public, including children," Block said in a UCLA statement. Read more...

BANGKOK, THAILAND "”mdash; Pakronphan Janetti sells candy and cheap jewelry for a living. Read more...

Six-year-old Wik has spent most of his life in and out of hospitals. He suffers from chronic pneumonia, which causes his oxygen levels to drop to dangerously low levels. Read more...

UCLA Dance Marathon's week-long Dancer Registration Drive will begin today, aiming to encourage more students to register early for February's dance-a-thon. Dance Marathon representatives will make announcements and hand out posters on Bruin Walk, on- and off-campus housing areas, and Westwood to publicize the registration. Read more...

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southeast Asia may seem like a faraway problem to many at UCLA, but for some university researchers, the crisis couldn't be more pressing. Read more...

There might be a downturn in the economy, but there is no downturn in graduate school applicants. Read more...