By Dharshani Dharmawardena and Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the winter of 1983, a chance encounter with a tree changed Scott Imler’s life forever. Read more...

  PRIYA SHARMA/Daily Bruin Journalist Lenny Kohn speaks about the need to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. By Michelle Kroes Daily Bruin Contributor With national debate over the preservation of Alaska’s wilderness showing no signs of abating, UCLA students gathered together on Monday to hear a journalist speak about keeping the land free from oil and gas drilling. Read more...

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...

  The Associated Press Former Vice President Al Gore has yet to begin teaching here at UCLA. He is set to visit the campus in May, and will begin teaching next fall. Read more...

By Marion Wise Daily Bruin Contributor In an effort to generate more business, the Associated Students of UCLA hopes it’s hit a home run by recently signing a five-year lease agreement with Copeland’s Sports. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Veena Goel (left), a second-year sociology student and first-year undeclared student Jenn Evans participate in a group activity during their Life Skills 101 class Monday. Read more...