After enduring an arduous trek up Janss Steps, students are usually rewarded with the sight of a flowing fountain, which gently splashes and spills down its step-like design. Read more...

Brooding on the horizon in 79 A.D., the temperamental Mount Vesuvius expunged its molten rock onto extravagant villas and slave quarters alike. In that year, a slice of ancient Roman society in all its pomp and circumstance became indelibly preserved and simultaneously hidden to human eyes. Read more...

Congress passed a sweeping budget bill Wednesday that reduces federal spending by $39 billion and includes a $11.9 billion cut to the federal student loan program, the largest cut in the history of federal financial aid programs. Read more...

Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday morning and sworn in as the United States’ 110th Supreme Court justice, marking the second judicial confirmation to the nation’s highest court in five months. Read more...

A panel of UCLA faculty members alleged by a conservative group to be politically radical spoke at a teach-in Tuesday night to combat what they perceive as attacks on academic freedom. Read more...

Now that Andrew Jones and his “Dirty Thirty” list are no longer the topic of the hour, the substantive discussions concerning the real issues at hand ““ those of academic freedom and the role of professors in our larger society ““ have begun to take the spotlight. Read more...

The most striking shots of President Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday night were not of the president himself. They were of the members of Congress: Republicans on one side, Democrats on the other. Read more...