Maybe this is the way to end my Daily Bruin career ““ with a deadline looming near, and facing possibly the worst case of writer’s block I have had in several years.

On June 11, 1970, a small daily newspaper in Santa Monica ran a short story about a mural that had recently been completed in UCLA’s Ackerman Union.

In a brief ceremony marked by light moments and an earnest call to action, Chancellor Gene Block bestowed the UCLA Medal, the highest honor given by the campus, upon U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday morning.

At age 18, Ray Works began baking as a way to help pay his bills while he worked on achieving his dream of becoming a stand-up comic. He never imagined that he would one day retire his comedian’s microphone for a baker’s hat.

Formed on the promise to bring sweeping change to a long-declining neighborhood, the newly-certified Westwood Neighborhood Council may have to wait a number of months before it can act as a functioning body.

Nearly 10 years after the initial formation of the Los Angeles neighborhood council system, on Jan. 19, the seven-member Board of Neighborhood Commissioners voted unanimously to certify the creation of the first Westwood Neighborhood Council.

The last time the UCLA Bruins wore their home jerseys in the Coliseum, Rick Neuheisel was a young walk-on quarterback on a young Bruin team.

In a scene reminiscent of the student protests and occupation of Murphy Hall in the 1970s, students from UCLA and other UC campuses, as well as supporters from the Los Angeles area, barricaded themselves inside Campbell Hall early Thursday morning.

The University of California system is often considered one of the best systems of higher public education in the United States.

Around 2 a.m. every Wednesday for the last couple of months, with the rest of Fresno asleep around him, Juan Plascencia has loaded up his truck with produce and rumbled out of town, headed south.