By Rachel Makabi DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Each day, as Daniel Brownstein rides the MTA bus down Fairfax Avenue on his way to school, he reminds himself to look for a place closer to campus. Read more...

The Associated Press Abdelkarim, with his son Ali, in this family photo, was detained Sunday at an Israeli airport. By Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] A UCLA alumnus who, little over a decade ago was among a group of students to establish the first student-run Muslim newsmagazine in the country, remains detained in Israel after his arrest at an international airport, friends and colleagues said. Read more...

NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Staff State Librarian and historian Kevin Starr talks to UCLA faculty about the benefits of a borough system in L.A as an alternative to separating the San Fernando Valley from the rest of the city. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] SACRAMENTO ““ Student lobbyists descended on the state Capitol on Monday to call the state Legislature’s attention to the problems that face the UC in the coming years. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Ballots from last week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council presidential election ““ one of the closest in UCLA history ““ will be recounted, the USAC elections board announced Monday. Read more...