This time last year, “Fringe” was an unknown show ““ a FOX fall offering aiming to lure the post-“X Files” crowd.

At around 6 p.m., people began lining up. By 6:30, a line of hundreds of people wrapped around the walls of the San Diego Convention Center.

This year, famed comic book convention, Comic-Con International, celebrated its 40th anniversary. The annual event has grown from a meeting place for comic book fans and collectors to a massive expo of all things sci-fi.

It takes courage to get into journalism.

Starting in June, the international development studies program will no longer be admitting new students to the major.

Mary Jane. Chronic. Weed. Kush. Maui Wowie. Grass.

Jorge Prelorán, a retired UCLA professor, alumnus and award-winning documentary maker, died of prostate cancer on March 28. He was 75.

Madelyn “Maddie” Katz, who attended UCLA and was a generous supporter of the school, died on March 1 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 73.

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Peter Kollock, a professor of sociology at UCLA, died in a motorcycle accident on Jan. 10. He was 49.