Dukakis to speak at UC Berkeley Michael Dukakis is heading north. Dukakis, the former presidential candidate and current part-time UCLA professor, who is acting chair of Amtrak’s board of directors, will visit the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday to talk about “High-Speed Rail: The Critical Link.” The guest of UC Berkeley’s Institute of Urban & Regional Development and University of California Transportation Center, Dukakis will hold a seminar about a first-class, high-speed rail network that he says is the answer to the United States’ transportation crisis. Read more...

  MICHAEL TOBEY The UA on Wellworth is one of three movie theaters to close in Westwood within two months. By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Staff The curtain is closing on three Westwood theaters in the next 60 days as Sav-On and Whole Foods make their debut, resulting in the loss of nearly half the Village’s movie screens. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff From left to right: Speed Stack, Ripped Fuel Fuzz, Stacker-2, Pro-Ripped Ephedra, Thermo-525,Yellow Jackets By Scott Bair Daily Bruin Reporter Jon Kim’s heart rate was out of control. Read more...

  MANDY WHITING (l-r) Curt Young, Janelle Tillotson and Robert Battles add their voices to their community. By Roopa Raman Daily Bruin Contributor With the black community at UCLA constituting less than 5 percent of the student population, such students recognize their cultural identities are unique and hope their experiences will enlighten others. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staf A UCLA computer programmer and another Los Angeles resident, who prosecutors said were members of an Internet piracy ring, pleaded guilty Thursday to copyright infringement. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/ Daily Bruin Former State Sen. Tom Hayden, whose bill orders insurance companies to disclose records on policies of slavery, speaks in Haines Hall. Read more...