Looking forward to the first day of classes? Ready to be indoctrinated by the latest and most advanced communist theories and ultra left-wing propaganda? This school is a factory, and by the end of the year, you’ll certainly be brainwashed. Read more...

Three months after Transportation Services changed campus shuttle routes, unhappy students are wondering if planners considered student concerns in their decisions, while officials maintain the department has been responsive to student input in other areas of on-campus transportation. Read more...

The West Nile virus continues to make its looming presence known among the mosquito population in Southern California as the number of infections increases. Saturating news headlines over the summer, the virus has some UCLA students worried and others unconcerned as the new school year starts. Read more...

In this year’s tightly contested presidential election between Republican President Bush and Democratic challenger Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, there appears to be little room for fringe candidates. Read more...

Even new students don’t need to be told that college and experimentation with drugs tend to come hand in hand. Whether they are responding to peer pressure, attempting to seek relief from stress, or satisfying their curiosities, at least a small percentage of students from universities nationwide turn to drugs and alcohol at some point in their college careers. Read more...

The recent resignation of UC Regent Haim Saban reduced the UC Board of Regents from 26 members to 25, but the change would have been hardly noticeable at its bimonthly meeting last week. Read more...

Californians living around the Mojave Desert, Coachella Valley, Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County braced for a significant earthquake, prompted by announcements from UCLA professor Vladimir Keilis-Borok and his team of scientists. Read more...