Saturday, July 25

Concert to benefit UCLA AIDS Institute

A concert in Los Angeles tonight will fund preventative measures against HIV infection by donating its proceeds to the UCLA AIDS Institute. The organization called “MUSICaids … life thru music” will be featuring its “Songs for a New Resolution” concert to support the UCLA AIDS Institute’s research. Read more...


Democratic event rocks for the vote

The parking lot of a one-time train station became the scene of an event Friday night that was half upscale political affair, half rock concert. The soiree teamed major league Democratic leaders such as New York Sen. Read more...


Students celebrate Ramadan together

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan started Friday as students prepared for a month of prayer and fasting together with others on campus. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar, involves fasting without food or water from the break of dawn until the sun sets below the horizon and praying several times a day. Read more...




Columbus texts shed light on history

Eighteen years, 13 volumes and 5,343 pages later, the “Repertorium Columbianum,” the biggest compilation of Christopher Columbus-related texts in English, has been completed. “This is the most important editorial, historical project in the last century. Read more...


Program attracts, supports community

After leaving her “Introduction to LGBT Studies” class Thursday, Celisse Romero, a third-year political science and anthropology student, said she was learning a lot about herself and her history. Read more...