Affirmative action can work for all Charles Proctor’s article “All sides of debate on Prop. 209 use ruling” (News, May 18) was right on target. Affirmative action is a polarizing issue. Read more...

UCLA prides itself on academic excellence, world-class research and a diverse student body. But many students believe self-segregation occurs on campus, with students choosing their friends along roughly ethnic lines. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Faculty members of the University of California voted nearly three to one in an electronic poll that the UC should bid to keep stewardship of the Department of Energy Labs when bidding begins later this year. Read more...

The undergraduate student government and its umbrella organization, the Associated Students of UCLA, are both entities meant to address campus concerns, but some tension has arisen between the two because the organizations have different opinions of their relationship and functions. Read more...

The red shirts on Bruin Walk are unusually calm considering the storm that might hit their slate come around 10 p.m. today. With Lauryn Hill blasting from their stereo across the way from the campus Taco Bell on a breezy Wednesday afternoon, a handful of Students First! Read more...

Employees of the University of California have contributed more to John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign than employees in any other organization, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group. Read more...

Last year, the black daughter of a former colleague of Vu Tran, director of UCLA undergraduate admissions, was faced with a quandary. She was accepted to UCLA, UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California, which offered her a full tuition scholarship. Read more...