Smiling from ear to ear, Ben Howland was formally introduced as the UCLA head men’s basketball coach on Thursday. The 45-year-old Southern California native glowed as UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero made the formal announcement in front of a horde of broadcast media, print media, boosters, UCLA administrators and Howland’s family in the J.D. Read more...

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After the media blackout at this year’s Academy Awards, the trail for the Hollywood Unholy turned cold for Christy and me. So I decided to take my common-law wife/latter-day bodyguard out for a drink. Read more...

CNN not the only biased network I don’t like to waste my time addressing anti-war rhetoric cloaked in a guise of professional scrutiny and I am certainly not CNN’s biggest fan. Read more...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the University of Michigan affirmative action case, which has gained notoriety over the past few months, on Tuesday. It is widely expected that if Michigan’s affirmative action policies are struck down, the case can be used as precedent to end affirmative action completely. Read more...

Despite a packed agenda and a full house of councilmembers, the undergraduate student government kicked off spring quarter with a slow start Tuesday night, pushing almost all items on the agenda to next week’s meeting. Read more...