Poetry bridges Mid-East conflict By Dina Weinberg Two men sat in front of a quiet group of 30 in a third-floor room of Ackerman Union. The crowd, consisting of a mix of older people and students, strained to hear their personal stories about the Middle Eastern conflict. Read more...

AGSM honors Mattel executive with leadership award By Laryssa Kreiselmeyer When Jill Barad became president and chief operating officer of Mattel Inc., she oversaw the mass marketing of Barbie dressed up as Scarlett O’Hara on infomercials. Read more...

Northwestern students fast for ethnic studies By Nancy Hsu Daily Bruin Senior Staff On May 25, 1993, five students, a professor and three community members pitched their tents outside Murphy Hall to protest for the establishment of a Chicano studies department. Read more...

GSA: council representatives discuss their roles By Betty Song In a corner on the third floor of Kerckhoff Hall, surrounded by undergraduate student government, the cabinet of the Graduate Students Association (GSA) carries out its executive duties. Read more...

SAGE strikes for university recognition Picketers ask students to remain off campus, get mixed reactions By Kimberly Mackesy The Student Association of Graduate Employees’ (SAGE) struggle for union recognition reached a new level Wednesday, when its long efforts culminated in the first graduate employee walkout at UCLA in recent history. Read more...

USAC OKs two-year terms By Rashmi Nijagal Daily Bruin Staff In an effort to help strengthen students’ positions on the Associated Students of UCLA’s (ASUCLA) board of directors, the undergraduate student council joined the graduate student association last week by approving two-year appointments to the student association’s board. Read more...

EVP condemns alleged acts of police brutality Proposed resolution seeks inquiry of NCAA Championship revelry By Rashmi Nijagal Daily Bruin Staff In response to the growing number of complaints of police brutality in Westwood on the night of the NCAA basketball championships, the undergraduate external vice president’s office issued a resolution condemning the alleged actions of the Los Angeles Police at last night’s council meeting. Read more...