Sen. Kerry is not exciting ““ but excitement isn’t what this country needs. He will restore dignity to our nation’s reputation, and will move America away from President Bush’s monolithic, polarizing approach. Read more...

A parchment of a new Torah was started at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA on Tuesday night. In the opening ceremony, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, director of the Center, introduced Rabbi Shmuel Miller, the scribe who will be writing this Torah, and reflected on the meaning of the event. Read more...

The race to win a spot on the state Assembly representing California district 47, the district containing UCLA, holds no promise of being a tight one. Read more...

As election day draws near, the presidential decision will not be the only one that needs to be made. The California ballot will contain 16 propositions ranging from funding for mental health patients to stem cell research laws. Read more...

With U.S. Senate elections coinciding with the presidential election, voters in a number of states, including California, will have the opportunity to elect senators this year. Read more...

University police announced Tuesday they were investigating a possible hate incident that occurred in an Asian American studies class last week. The investigation began after Vu Long Trinh, a teaching assistant in Asian American Studies 20, told police that petitions students in his class signed Thursday supporting the removal of Taco Bell had been vandalized with ethnic slurs and derogatory remarks. Read more...

Disadvantaged students in four Los Angeles high schools have the opportunity to meet one on one with UCLA undergraduates for tutoring and college counseling, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the telecommunications company. Read more...