By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter As UCLA Medical Center officials wait to move into the new facility in 2005, they have delayed making large equipment purchases, despite increases in patient traffic over the past five years. Read more...

By Azadeh Mirbod Daily Bruin Contributor Having a diversity requirement won’t directly affect graduate students, but they work closely with faculty and can influence them to add the requirement to the list of general education classes, Undergraduate Students Association Council members say. Read more...

By Terri Aquino Daily Bruin Contributor After losing the chair and experiencing budgetary problems for the past two years, the international development studies program now faces questions from students in the major. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff As time winds down for students to apply to the University of California for fall 2002 ““ applications must be postmarked by midnight ““ high school seniors are putting final touches to maximize their chances of acceptance following a new admissions policy. Read more...

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter While many Europeans discuss environmental treaties as moral questions about their lifestyle of consumption, the U.S. government is looking at the same question in terms of dollars and cents, said UCLA law professor Kal Raustiala. Read more...

By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter Responding to stress from the state budget crisis and Sept. 11 attacks, the UCLA Staff Assembly presented a program, titled Keeping a Positive Attitude in Times of Uncertainty, to about 40 staff members Thursday. Read more...

Student endures 171 piercings OMAHA, Neb. “”mdash; On Friday, 21-year-old Matt Brown received a few sharp sticks ““ 171 to be exact, to try to achieve a new world record for the most piercings in a single sitting, according to the University of Nebraska, Omaha’s The Gateway. Read more...