Newly appointed College Executive Dean Patricia O’Brien will take the helm of UCLA’s largest academic unit ““ and she will find herself with countless opportunities to strengthen UCLA ““ if she remembers that students are at the core of the university’s mission. Read more...

President George W. Bush opened his reelection bid Tuesday night along largely partisan lines as he defended the war in Iraq, pushed for further tax cuts, and nearly endorsed a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Read more...

The UCLA College named Patricia O’Brien, current dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of California at Riverside, as its executive dean Tuesday. Read more...

With the November presidential election steadily approaching, President Bush was eager to highlight recent improvements in the economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday. Read more...

The war in Iraq doubtlessly will be one of the most important issues at stake when voters turn out to determine whether they will re-elect President Bush in 2004. Read more...

Since terrorist attacks shocked the country on Sept. 11 2001, the Bush administration has made domestic security a top priority, spending billions of dollars and merging several security organizations to form a Homeland Security Department. Read more...

Journalists, politicians and citizens watching TV or listening to the radio anticipated most of what President Bush said during the third State of the Union address of his term. Read more...