By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor Talk of economic downfall may have begun as whispers, but it became loud and clear as America blasted into the new year. Read more...

By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter With the UC Board of Regents set to consider excluding tobacco stocks from their investment portfolio next week, some regents say there appears to be enough support on the board to take such an action. Read more...

Professor, pioneering researcher dies at 84 Dr. Milton I. Roemer, a pioneering health services researcher, teacher and professional whose prescience of industry trends and possibilities led to his significant contributions to health policy in the United States and abroad, died of heart failure Jan. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY Tiffany Butler sells a sweater to first-year student Apurva Chandra earlier this year. ASUCLA increased its minimum pay by 40 cents. By Kimberley Ma Daily Bruin Contributor To stay competitive with the job market, the Associated Students of UCLA has increased wages for student employees above that of California’s new minimum wage of $6.25 an hour, which went into effect Jan. Read more...

  Grace Huang By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Contributor In a campus known for its diversity, forms of tribalism or affinity groups can create ethnic and cultural barriers among students. Read more...

By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Contributor An economic slowdown and recession is predicted to end the longest period of expansion in United States history, according to a fourth quarter report by the UCLA Anderson Business Forecast. Read more...