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President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine has only been in office for one full day, but he has already started the delicate balancing act along the line separating East and West, old and new. Read more...

A new report by UC San Diego researchers indicates existing, federally approved stem cell lines may be contaminated and unusable for some purposes. While the implications are not fully known, this highlights the need for expanded support of stem cell research. Read more...

It’s a little-known fact that the current vice president of the United States, Dick “freedom and democracy” Cheney, was an active supporter of the prolonged incarceration of Nelson Mandela. Read more...

The terms “Islamic terrorist” and “Muslim extremist” are common in the news and public arena these days. Not so often heard is the view of Islam that the Muslim Student Association will present to the UCLA campus this week. Read more...

UCLA finally has a Chicana and Chicano studies department after more than a decade of struggle and effort. The César E. Chávez Center in Interdisciplinary Chicana/o Studies was first created in 1993 after students and faculty members engaged in a hunger strike. Read more...

Islam is a common subject of casual discussion, newspaper reports and TV commentary. Islamic Awareness Week is an opportunity for people at UCLA to look at Islam with more depth than is provided by a three-minute TV spot or 500-word story. Read more...