Despite some incidences of high-profile crimes in the past
several years ““ such as the string of sexual batteries by the
“Westwood groper” and an alleged rape in the residence
halls ““ it is theft that university police say students
should worry about most.

Though 25 years have passed since he saw his first patient with
AIDS, Dr. Michael Gottlieb, an assistant clinical professor of
medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said he
remembers that patient in more detail than the patients he saw
yesterday.

Students seeking jobs after graduation may find comfort in
knowing that economic markers indicate one of the strongest job
markets in recent years.
Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Economy.com, an
independent provider of economic and financial research, said
workers looking for jobs “couldn’t ask for a more
favorable environment,” as the current job market is the
strongest it has been since 1999.

Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some
expletive lyrics.
Six-foot-two with freckles and reddish hair, Patrick Williams is
not your typical MC. Neither is his friend, dreadlocked Jessica
Amisial, a spoken word performer and poet.

When H. Samy Alim, a visiting anthropology professor, does his
research, he gets his information straight from those creating the
culture he cares about.
That is why, from Juvenile to Jay-Z, he has interviewed more
than 100 hip-hop artists.

For more than 11,000 Skid Row inhabitants, the area bounded by
3rd, 7th, Main and Alameda streets ““ where transients may be
arrested for sitting, sleeping, or lying on public sidewalks
““ is the closest thing they have to home.

When State Senator Gloria Romero recites the Pledge of
Allegiance, she stops after “with liberty and justice.”
She does not say the last two words: “for all.”
In her speech at “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction”
conference on Saturday, Romero said that many Californians are
lucky enough to enjoy the liberties guaranteed to them by law, but
the individuals who fall victim to a far-from-perfect criminal
justice system are not.

As part of “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction”
conference to be held at UCLA this weekend, several exonerated
individuals who have collectively spent more than 356 years
combined in prison are scheduled to tell their stories Saturday in
front of an audience of students, political leaders, legal experts
and other advocates for abolishing capital punishment,
The conference, hosted by the UCLA School of Law, plans to
examine the causes and consequences of wrongful conviction and
discuss the application of the death penalty in California.

Almost 7,000 UCLA fans descended upon Pauley Pavilion in a surge
of blue and gold last night, wearing their pride on their chests
and faces for the NCAA Championship game, while many others watched
from lounges and dorm rooms across the Hill.

As veteran runners express growing concern over the
administration’s interference with a purely student-run
event, university police continue to finalize plans to ensure the
safety of a modified Undie Run route.