Photos by MIKE CHIEN Jared Peo, a fourth-year theater student, performs at an open mic night in Kerckhoff Hall Thursday. By Matt Goulding Daily Bruin Contributor As the incessant screaming and yelling of 19,000 UCLA basketball fans was just beginning to register on the Richter scale Thursday night, 40 students inside Kerckhoff Hall were busy making some noise of their own. Read more...

By Laura Rico Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA will wake up to the smell of fair trade coffee for the first time today, following a 10-month campaign by the Environmental Coalition to bring the java to campus. Read more...

By Lily Jamali Daily Bruin Contributor DAVIS, Calif. “”mdash; Student activists from across California convened at UC Davis this weekend to educate themselves and strategize on corporate accountability for sweatshops and farmworkers issues. Read more...

By Trucmai Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor The potential for a rapid rise in HIV infections among gay and bisexual men is the focus of studies prompting plans for greater prevention and intervention efforts in California, according to UC AIDS researchers. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Contributor The L.A. County Bar Association sponsored a city attorney candidate forum at the UCLA Law School Thursday night. Candidates Michael Feuer, Frank M. Read more...

By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA argues the best in the West ““ when it comes to mock trials that is. The university’s mock trial team placed first and second in the western regional competition of the American Collegiate Mock Trial Association tournament earlier this month. Read more...