Students, faculty and the campus community expressed varied reactions to Tuesday’s announcement of Pope Benedict XVI as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. While some were disappointed by the election of a conservative pope, others found his expressed commitment to Catholic policies encouraging. Read more...

Tucked away on the top floor of Kerckhoff Hall, the Graduate Students Association, an organization struggling for visibility among its small community, finally found its niche in the graduate student community through strengthened organization, efficiency and communication among its current officers. Read more...

Around the halls of the high-rise dormitories, the sounds of laughter and music can be heard from the many rooms with doors propped open. But residential plazas such as De Neve and Sunset Village are often quiet with a few doors open to visitors. Read more...

The law school’s new Web site is up and running this month after two years of planning, and thankful users say they’re glad to be free of an old system that had gone without updates for a decade. Read more...

A group of nearly 50 UCLA students and supporters marched to Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Tuesday to protest service workers’ wages less than a week after the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees went on strike at University of California campuses. Read more...

A UCLA student remained in critical condition Tuesday night after he fell off of the roof of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house on Landfair Avenue Monday evening, breaking both his hip and wrist. Read more...

As a cardboard box filled with note cards with candidates’ names written on them was shaken vigorously, the candidates for the upcoming USAC election waited quietly, eyes fixed on the box, awaiting the selection of the first name to be listed on the election ballot. Read more...