As just one new face in a sea of 38,000 students, transitioning into UCLA campus life can feel even more daunting than just facing the four-year maze of papers and professors that looms ahead. Read more...

On-campus housing construction projects are not only changing the physical appearance of the Hill, but may alter its population composition and affect the social atmosphere in the new buildings. Read more...

Tall prairie grass swaying in the wind and beds of lima beans aren’t pictures the average student would paint of UCLA or Westwood Village. Yet that is what today’s well-known images of Royce Hall and Diddy Riese cookie wrappers emanate from. Read more...

It’s hard not to notice him: white mop, cherry complexion, tall and well dressed, with a subtle New York twang to boot. But beyond recognizing his presence on campus, many students are unaware of Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s notable past ““ one that took him from a small engineering school in New York to negotiating with the Soviets, advising presidents and leading efforts to limit global nuclear proliferation. Read more...

Following a year of slow economic growth, tiring consumers and industries that are already reaching their maximum potential, business analysts have predicted a sluggish short-term future for the national economy, which they believe is still feeling the impact of the 2001 recession. Read more...

For the Class of 2005, graduation will be the last memory of their years at UCLA, but the most powerful one may be from two weeks before the first day of class four years ago. Read more...

She slips her sandals off, stretches out a faded green prayer rug, and begins. Though her days at UCLA are numbered, graduating student Sheela Shneezai still finds time to steal away from her busy schedule to kneel beside an ivy-laden wall behind Kerckhoff and give thanks for being taken from a land of violent upheaval to the quiet corners of Westwood. Read more...