Challah for Hunger will make a donation of $7,000 to Jewish World Watch to aid the victims of Darfur this evening at Hillel at UCLA.

Though it is almost the end of the second week of the fall quarter, Ivan Lai, a fourth-year economics student, has refrained from buying his textbooks because he considers them to be expensive.

The amount of nicotine delivered to the brain through light cigarettes is almost as substantial as smoking a regular one, despite the lower levels of nicotine found in light cigarettes, a recent UCLA study concluded.

As students begin to make their way back to the university for a new school year, the UCLA Alumni Association, along with a number of student organizations, will host a series of activities and events to welcome new and returning Bruins back to the university.

Animal rights activists continue to advocate alternatives to animal research, especially in light of the attacks by protesters at UCLA in the last year.

A warm welcome was given to the recipients of the UCLA 2008 Fair & Open Academic Environment Award, all of whom demonstrated tremendous contributions to increasing diversity in the community.

Challah For Hunger presented a $2,500 donation to Jewish World Watch and hosted a presentation by Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug, executive director of the organization, on Thursday evening.

Korean Culture Night, hosted Wednesday evening by the Korean student group Hanoolim, combined modern elements and cultural performances into a play titled “Jung” to express the importance and value of family and friendship.

The UCLA Armenian Graduate Student Association will be hosting its first annual Graduate-Professional Networking Forum tonight to give students the chance to meet professionals from various major companies.

Anh Chu, a third-year international development studies student, is from the Bay Area and said she often finds it a hassle to book cheap flights, but she said opportunities like travel fairs help make the process easier.