University Police Chief Karl Ross was officially sworn into duty Monday after serving almost 30 years at UCLA and the last one-and-a-half years as acting chief. Read more...

With his cigar in hand and a calabash of rum at his side, Manuel dispenses practical advice to those who come to visit him. Manuel, who can be found on occasion in East Hollywood, is a 500-year-old African spirit channeled through seances by an Argentinian priest. Read more...

The student association fee increase that will appear on undergraduate and graduate ballots in a few weeks could mean much more than an additional dent in student pocketbooks. Read more...

Due to concerns expressed by faculty members and the university’s changing economic climate, the UCLA College’s late drop policy may be changed to prevent students from dropping courses after fourth week. Read more...

An old and venerable institution of the U.S. Government, Social Security has recently come directly under the political spotlight, with many believing that it requires significant reform. Read more...

Though most students probably would be bored listening to a lecture about Social Security reform, professors and students at the UCLA Anderson School of Management were intrigued by the findings of a Yale professor on the subject. Read more...

Financial experts tend to agree that if reforms are made early to Social Security, there will be a lesser degree of impact on current youth. Social Security at the end of 2004 sustained 48 million beneficiaries and covered 159 million workers and their families, according to the recently released 2005 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees. Read more...