Second annual AIDS Ride raises money, hope UCLA students, faculty will cycle across California By Patrick Kerkstra and Kimberly Mackesy Daily Bruin Staff Early Sunday morning, more than 1,500 bicyclists will depart from their camp overlooking San Francisco Bay on a week-long trip canvassing 525 miles of California pavement ­ in the largest AIDS fundraising event of its kind. Read more...

Professor redefines traditional readings Sundquist says American literature is not black or white By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Redefining American literature has been Professor Eric Sundquist’s project for the past 10 years, culminating in his book, "To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature." The UCLA English department chair’s efforts won him the Modern Language Association’s James Russell Lowell Prize, awarded each year to an author of an outstanding book. Read more...

SAGE eyes working benefits, bargaining table UC Berkeley grad union gains apply to all universities By Maria Beerens After the Student Association of Graduate Employees (SAGE) went on strike two weeks ago, it received no significant promises from the UCLA administration. Read more...

International center honors cultural understanding By Lisa Marie Weyh Mingling with others at an exclusive cocktail reception at the Beverly Hills Hilton, Chancellor Charles Young and former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley acted as if they had known each other for years. Read more...

VA patient’s death raises questions Family files claim, FBI probes report’s inconsistencies By Allyssa Lee Daily Bruin Staff A patient was scalded to death after being immersed in a bath of extremely hot water Feb. Read more...

Reed reflects on ASUCLA career Former director still shocked by board’s decision By Patrick Kerkstra Daily Bruin Staff For almost 30 years, Jason Reed devoted his professional life to ASUCLA. Read more...

U.S. Labor Secretary speaks at Berkeley Reich warns grads of America that is ‘growing apart’ By Michelle Locke The Associated Press BERKELEY — Labor Secretary Robert Reich warned graduating students at UC Berkeley that they inherit an economy where the gap between the haves and have-nots is growing dangerously wide. Read more...