Wednesday, November 4

Demonstrators rally against capital punishment in U.S.

  CATHERINE JUN First-year student Jimi Naftalin protests the death penalty in front of Kerckhoff Hall Wednesday afternoon. Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Contributor Makeshift tombstones lined the Meyerhoff Park lawn Wednesday, drawing attention to the fate of 24 people who were put to death by lethal injection this year. Read more...


Community Briefs

Israeli activist speaks out for Mideast peace Israeli peace activist and iconoclast Yitzhak Frankenthal brought his message of coexistence and reconciliation to UCLA Tuesday with a presentation stressing the necessity for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more...


UCOP calls for review of UCLA outreach

By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff Amid reports that UCLA and UC Berkeley student outreach and retention groups are campaigning to discourage prospective underrepresented minority students from enrolling in their universities, the UC Office of the President called for an internal audit of those recruitment programs. Read more...




Partnership generates Internet opportunities

  By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter In an attempt to expand student publishing, UCLA Student Media is investing in programs which will put student-run media on the Internet at one-tenth the cost of print alternatives. Read more...


‘Smoke Two Joints’ may be bad advice

  DAVE HILL/Daily Bruin Senior Staff A student lights up at last year’s "420" festivities in front of Kerckhoff. By Bimal Rajkomar Daily Bruin Reporter Some marijuana enthusiasts may be in the dark as to how those “blunts” produce a high and other associated effects. Read more...