Drug question now mandatory for aid CAMBRIDGE, Mass. “”mdash; In a move that could affect thousands of college applicants, the U.S. Department of Education moved last week to close a loophole that had allowed college applicants to leave blank a question about prior drug convictions, the Harvard Crimson reported. Read more...

By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Reporter Energy prices for the University of California and the California State University will not increase after a preliminary injunction was issued against Enron Energy Services Wednesday by a federal judge in San Francisco. Read more...

Located on the southeastern corner of campus, the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is dedicated to its namesake for her contributions to horticulture and the University of California. Read more...

  PATIL ARMENIAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA researcher Patricia A. Zuk examines a container of fat harvested from liposuction. By Kiyoshi Tomono Daily Bruin Contributor The fat eventually placed in the trash at Beverly Hills’ liposuction clinics has become the treasure for a team of UCLA and University of Pittsburgh researchers studying tissue engineering. Read more...

  The Associated Press Cattle look out of a cattle van in front of the slaughterhouse in Euskirchen, Germany. These cattle are two of the 400,000 which are to be slaughtered. Read more...

  ANGIE LEVINE Students collect pencils on Bruin Walk to raise awareness about U.N. sanctions placed on Iraq. For each pencil, 17 cents will be donated human rights groups. Read more...

Scientists share Tyler award, $200,000 Two men who together pioneered the field of conservation biology will share the 2001 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and its $200,000 award. Read more...