After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, homeland security has become a top priority for both local and national governments. In order to communicate new methods and information to local governments throughout Southern California, the UCLA School of Public Affairs and the Southern California Association of Governments held a Homeland Security Conference on Tuesday at Covel Commons. Read more...

California State University, Hayward is not confined to Hayward, California alone. Satellite campuses have been popping up since 1993 in Moscow, Vienna, Hong Kong, Beijing and most recently in Singapore. Read more...

Students looking for means of transportation other than walking or driving may have more options available to them than they realize. At a bicycle-outreach meeting last Thursday, Sam Corbett, manager of planning and analysis for UCLA Transportation Services, provided updates regarding bicycling improvements on campus as well as information about Flexcar, an alternative to bicycling. Read more...

A recent study found that nearly half of all college students believe that professors are infusing course curricula with their own political beliefs. Nearly one-third of the students attending some of the nation’s top colleges and universities, including UCLA, reported that they had to agree with the political views of some professors in order to get a good grade, and 46 percent believed that some professors use the classroom to present their personal political views. Read more...

USA Today named a local eatery one of the ten best vegetarian restaurants in the United States as part of a feature story on vegetarianism. Native Foods on Gayley Avenue in Westwood was one of two California restaurants to make USA Today’s list, published in October in an article about World Vegetarian Day. Read more...

The owner of a private building maintenance company employed by UCLA to paint dorm rooms was charged last week with filing at least four fake workers’ compensation claims totaling between $600,000 and $900,000, and is also suspected of stealing money from one of his workers. Read more...

On a scale of one to 10, making class evaluations available to students ranks relatively low in the consciousness of many members of the UCLA community. Read more...