It’s an epidemic, not quite Bubonic in proportions, but potentially fatal to an academic transcript. It has global reach, from Compton to Cameroon, and it’s only just begun. Read more...

Reacting to worldwide protests and acts of violence over controversial Danish cartoons, the UCLA Muslim Students Association held an event Friday evening explaining a Muslim perspective on the situation. Read more...

The Undergraduate Students Association Council plans to vote Tuesday on proposed revisions to the Election Code, one of which would implement a new voting system designed to eliminate runoff elections. Read more...

At its March 10 meeting, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors met with Coke Free Campus, the student coalition seeking the removal of Coca-Cola products from campus, to hear the group’s complaints regarding Coca-Cola’s alleged mistreatment of workers in Columbia. Read more...

In a decision that some have called a victory for students, a court ruling last week ordered the University of California to pay back fee increases to certain professional school students who say the increases violated a contract they had with the UC in the amount of more than $33.8 million. Read more...

Two UCLA student groups held opposing events Friday evening debating the cartoons that depicted the Prophet Mohammed and sparked international controversy since they were originally published in a Danish newspaper. Read more...

The UCLA men’s basketball team beat California, 71-52, to win the Pac-10 Tournament at the Staples Center on Saturday afternoon. UCLA (27-6) won the conference tournament for the first time since 1987 and adds to its regular season title heading into NCAA Selection Sunday. Read more...