If there is ever a good enough reason for guys to wear briefs, it may be found in the official 13-page “Dance Marathon Dancer Survival Guide.” “Gentlemen” participating in the event should do so if they “want to walk properly in the week following the event.” Now in its fifth year, the UCLA Dance Marathon, an annual event that raised $197,000 last year to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, has shown that it is not just your average “one, two step.” From 11 a.m. Read more...

You can see all kinds of unusual things by taking a stroll down Bruin Walk. But anyone who was on campus Wednesday at around noon may have seen something especially alarming: an angry group of white students threatening to lynch a black one. Read more...

$3,052,600,815. That is the amount of money the UCLA community accumulated during what officials are calling the most successful fundraising campaign in higher education history. Officially completed in December 2005 after the university had continually raised the bar on donations and gift-giving, final figures from Campaign UCLA, which started in 1995, will be released today. Read more...

Correction Appended The desperate cries of a man with a rope tied around his neck being pulled across campus by a group of white students echoed down Bruin Walk Wednesday afternoon. Read more...

Henry Butler is blind, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing photography. He’s even had his pictures exhibited at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in his hometown of New Orleans. Read more...

Students applying to law school after graduation may face fewer competitors as law schools nationwide have seen a decline in applicants over the past year. According to the Law School Admissions Council, the total number of law school applicants in the nation decreased by 4.6 percent between 2004 and 2005, the first time in seven years law schools did not see an increase in applicants. Read more...

At some comedy shows, the performances would die without an audience swimming in alcohol. But at “Mortified: Angst Written,” audiences see a show written by people who often were not allowed near a drink. Read more...