In the third and final presidential debate of the 2004 campaign, President Bush and his Democratic opponent Sen. John Kerry faced off on domestic issues, repeatedly returning to health care and education with interludes into a discussion of foreign policy. Read more...

American democracy has long been held as a model for the world. But every system has its problems. After the redrawing of voting district lines after the 2000 Census, only one of California’s 53 congressional seats will be seriously contested in the coming election. Read more...

One of UCLA’s astronomers was recently named principal investigator for a new NASA project that will help scientists and laypeople wise up to the mysterious ways of the universe. Read more...

As a gay student and someone who opposes two-party politics, Georgina Wakefield is faced with a particularly hard decision in the upcoming presidential election. While many students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community support Democratic candidate Sen. Read more...

In an effort to show its support for UCLA’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the undergraduate student government passed a resolution Tuesday to officially recognize this week as National Coming Out Week. Read more...

Free tutoring, academic programs, mentoring, research opportunities, and available scholarships are all things most UCLA undergraduates would jump at the chance to have. All these opportunities and more are available right on the UCLA campus through the Academic Advancement Program. Read more...

Christine Treibel’s parents thought her sexuality was a sin. So at the age of 14, while she had an innocent crush on the actress who played Audrey from the play Little Shop of Horrors, one of her thoughts was, “I’m going to hell.” Treibel, a 22-year-old women’s studies student, said that was the first time she thought she might be gay, and that developing an open sexuality over the next few years of her life was often extremely difficult. Read more...