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...

For those familiar with the inner workings of student politics, the picture didn’t quite fit. It looked as if the two leaders had swapped shirts. Allende Palma/Saracho, Undergraduate Students Association Council president and one of the leaders of the Student Power! Read more...

William Leslie Britt, a former UCLA student, died on April 28 in a car accident on Interstate 5. He was 22. Britt had been a student at UCLA up until fall 2004, when he transferred to University of the Pacific. Read more...

Students who have avoided paying their parking tickets are getting a break this month from a parking citation amnesty program which encourages students to pay off their tickets before the end of the year. Read more...