Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., has introduced legislation that would repeal a law barring convicted drug offenders from receiving financial aid. “I don’t condone illegal drug use,” Frank said in a press release, “but in my opinion it is a mistake to use the student financial aid system as a blanket method of punishing people who are convicted of minor drug violations.” Under the current law, mandated by the Higher Education Act’s drug provision, convicted students over age 18 are ineligible for aid for one year from the time of conviction for their first offense. Read more...

Every day, students sulk out of their general education classes, muttering curses about their professor giving them too much work. With last fall’s unit increase for GE courses, professors have had to make an equal increase in workload if it isn’t already at the level required for a five unit course. Read more...

Social welfare graduate student Elynar Moreno listened intently as guest speaker professor Marie Weil implored students to consider social justice an integral part of their career goals. Read more...

As a wave of anti-France backlash sweeps across the nation, a small group of UCLA faculty and other protesters showed their support for France’s dovish position on military action in Iraq. Read more...

After a quarter and a half of use, the new De Neve Learning and Teaching Auditorium is being met with praise from students and faculty alike who find both its location and modernized classroom tools beneficial. Read more...

The School of Theater, Film and Television will hold a memorial service on Sunday for Edgar Brokaw Jr., a UCLA professor emeritus of film and a studio head who passed away Dec. Read more...

They are often spotted lounging outside Powell Library or lurking around the entrances of lecture halls. Since smoking is not allowed inside any campus building, including dorms, student smokers assemble to finish their cigarettes outside before entering buildings. Read more...