It figures. I’ve known for years I would be writing a -30- column, yet here I am, a few hours before it is due, still figuring out what I want to say.

While candidates and their supporters blanketed campus Monday in preparation for the undergraduate student government elections, handing out treats, fliers and platform information to students passing by, another very different campaign had already begun on Facebook.

Following Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech ““ the deadliest such incident in the nation’s history ““ students at the Blacksburg, Va., campus mourned as details of the events became clearer.

Two men accused of running a body-parts-for-profit scheme out of the UCLA Willed Body Program pleaded not guilty Friday, after being charged and arrested two days earlier.

The former director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program and his associate were charged with felony and arrested Wednesday for allegedly selling body parts from cadavers that had been donated to the university for research.

When President Bush announced last week his proposal to increase Pell Grants by 33 percent over the next five years, educators and lobbyists were concerned the funding for this would coincide with cuts to other education programs.

Two months after he was hit repeatedly with a Taser by
university police, Mostafa Tabatabainejad has filed a civil rights
lawsuit against UCLA and university police saying he
“suffered an unprovoked act of police brutality.”
On Nov.

When the prospect of buying Tasers first became a possibility
for university police in early 2004, officials listed several
reasons why they did not plan to purchase the items.

Terrence Duren, whose tenure with university police has included
an award for UCPD Officer of the Year as well as allegations of
police misconduct and use of excessive force, was the officer who
used a Taser against Mostafa Tabatabainejad in Powell Library last
Tuesday, university police said Monday.

After finishing its 2013-2014 season with a 10-3 record, UCLA football announced that it will begin its practice for next season on April 1. (Daily Bruin file photo)