They leave before dawn and begin a commute to UCLA that, in some cases, could take three hours in each direction. Johanna Amaya, a third-year mathematics student, is one of over 2,000 students and staff in the UCLA community who commute to campus using the vanpool program. Read more...

Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss addressed the concerns of an audience of about 150 from the Hombly-Westwood Property Owners Association and discussed his progress in strengthening the Westwood Village community Thursday night. Read more...

Boy swept across wash LOS ANGELES “”mdash; A 17-year-old boy trying to wade across a rain-swollen wash was swept more than a mile downstream before firefighters rescued him, officials said. 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...

UCLA law school lets military recruiters stay Since a Philadelphia judge ruled that the government could not penalize universities for keeping military recruiters off campus, many private law schools have taken advantage of the decision, but UCLA has not followed suit. Read more...