TYSON EVANS Sheikh Abdoulaye Dieye (left) is translated by Rugayyah Hasan Miyan (center) at a nonviolence meeting held by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller (right). By Wendy Su Daily Bruin Contributor In times of war and religious struggle throughout the world, leaders from the Islamic and Jewish faith met Wednesday afternoon at UCLA to discuss political and spiritual nonviolence. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff One student can help shape the future of the entire University of California system ““ but they have to take action soon. Read more...

UCLA faculty and administrators are considering moving to a semester system. Faculty will be sent a letter ““ tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday or Wednesday ““ from John Sandbrook, assistant vice-provost of the College of Letters & Science, informing them that a joint committee has been formed to look into this change. Read more...

By Dorothy Augustyniak Daily Bruin Contributor Hoping to boost the number of youth votes in the upcoming March primary election, four campus groups have joined together and are holding a voter registration drive on Bruin Walk and in Bruin Plaza. Read more...

By Jennifer Vargas Daily Bruin Contributor The Graduate Students Association took on the directors of student health at a Wednesday meeting out of frustration over the unavailability of appointments and untimely referrals to another provider when students’ medical needs cannot be met under their university health insurance plan. Read more...

By Teri H.P. Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor Cocaine increases the replication of the HIV virus in human cells, a new UCLA study shows. UCLA AIDS Institute scientists have shown that the injection of cocaine in an animal model dramatically increases the spread of HIV infection. Read more...

  Photo courtesy of Kiran Chaudhory Three weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, friends and families of victims continue to leave flowers and write messages of condolences. Read more...