Professors who are part of the four ethnic study centers on campus play a role in drawing undergraduate minority students to UCLA, and in retaining them. Read more...

Officials and press releases from across the University of California have been proclaiming success in increasing minority admissions to the university for the fall class of 2005. Read more...

Feds step up to curb highway shootings Federal agents have joined local officers patrolling Southern California freeways in an effort to stop a string of highway shootings and track leads on attacks that have left four dead and several injured in recent weeks. Read more...

The last thing many students need as the cost of attending college continues to increase is a reduction in their financial aid. But a report issued by the Government Accountability Office, an independent, nonpartisan agency that studies federal expenditures, found that many students will face just that. Read more...

Allegations have arisen that Undergraduate Students Association Council presidential hopeful Jake Strom made inappropriate and offensive comments during an appearance last Friday on “The Midnight Yell” radio show on UCLA Radio.com. Read more...

Westwood’s two newest residents never have to deal with freeway traffic on the way home. Two red-tailed hawks are starting to build a nest at the top of the Fox Tower on Westwood’s Mann Village movie theater, mirroring a worldwide trend of birds of prey migrating into urban areas. Read more...

The Pentagon released hundreds of photographs last week of flag-draped coffins holding dead American soldiers killed in President Bush’s war on terrorism. The images, taken by military photographers, were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by a University of Delaware professor about a year ago. Read more...