Rather than take an exhausting journey across foreign lands, a short stroll to the Fowler Museum at UCLA tonight can transport students to South Asia. As part of the Fowler Out Loud series, tonight’s South Asian Classical Music and Dance event offers a blend of dance, music, song and storytelling from India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Read more...

Kasey Topp only received a spoonful of rice for her dinner Wednesday night, a change from her usual nightly meals. The Social Justice Alliance used Topp, a third-year microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics student, and about 60 others who attended its hunger banquet as examples of the millions of starving people in the world. Read more...

Students laid flowers and gave speeches at Bruin Plaza on Wednesday night to commemorate the life of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Dink was the editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos and was a prominent voice in the Turkish-Armenian community. Read more...

Growing up in Cairo, Egypt, Nonie Darwish was saturated by images of a militant Islam and lived in a culture she said hated the West. Darwish, founder of Arabs for Israel, presented her life story along with the movie “Obsession ““ Radical Islam’s War Against the West” on campus Wednesday in an event aimed at denouncing militant Islamic radicalism. Read more...

Cassandra Williams and Abd al-Hayy Weinman call each other “brother” and “sister” with familial tones ““ though they had never met before Wednesday night and differ in ethnic backgrounds. Read more...

A petition for a Student Judicial Board hearing has been filed against Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President Tina Park by Financial Supports Commissioner Shaun Doria and Facilities Commissioner PC Zai. Read more...

After a year of criticism regarding a lack of diversity in UCLA admissions, university officials said they were satisfied to see an increase in minority and transfer applicants in statistics released Wednesday. Read more...