TYSON EVANS Children play in front of a fireplace during the UCLA Best Buddies community outreach program over the weekend. By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter Cheers of “bingo” and “you sank my battleship” echoed across the atrium as student volunteers and their buddies visited hospital patients together, marking the first community outreach event for the UCLA Best Buddies. Read more...

  By Sara Chon Daily Bruin Contributor With the 2002 gubernatorial primary less than two months away, Gov. Gray Davis continues to work with his current agenda and is thinking ahead to November’s showdown rather than campaigning for the March election. Read more...

  By Kelly Rayburn and Helen Seliverstov Daily Bruin Senior Staff The most competitive political primary heated up Tuesday night in San Jose, as the three top Republican gubernatorial candidates took jabs at each other and Gov. Read more...

  By Teri H.P. Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor Most people remember Ralph Nader’s effect on the 2001 presidential elections and even Ross Perot’s influence in the 1992 elections. Read more...

  The Associated Press Gov. Gray Davis hugs a nurse in L.A. Tuesday. In a separate event that day, Davis commemorated the anniversary of the Roe v. Read more...

  By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Outreach in the University of California remains effective despite a multitude of problems, administrators said in last week’s report on the status of outreach programs. Read more...

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter Parts of Powell Library tested positive for asbestos Friday, but potentially hazardous areas were not evacuated until Tuesday. A construction site on the third floor’s east wing was tested Friday for asbestos as part of a regular Environmental Health and Safety test. Read more...