Opponents of the Racial Privacy Initiative are holding an information session Wednesday night to rally support against the measure, which calls for the ban of collecting most race-based data by the state. Read more...

The first event in the United States under a new “Memo of Understanding” between UCLA and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico took place Monday on campus, raising awareness about neglected human rights issues for immigrant workers. Read more...

UCLA is transforming into an intellectual vending machine, where ideas have to resemble fast food and be readily available for 75 cents. Such is the opinion held by Fred Notehelfer, a professor in the history department and director of the Center for Japanese Studies. Read more...

California’s new Master Plan for Education may cut down on the number of students admitted to the University of California, allege activists at UC Berkeley. The original Master Plan for Higher Education, written in 1960, guarantees admission to at least one UC campus for every student in the top 12.5 percent of the state’s high school seniors. Read more...

Faculty, staff and students will have something new to talk about with the release of a report about the semester system this week. The committee appointed to research the pros and cons of moving the UCLA calendar to semesters made its highly anticipated report available to the public via its Web site Tuesday. Read more...

At private universities across the country, grade inflation is rampant. Average GPAs at private schools like Stanford range from 3.4 to 3.6, while at public institutions, such as UCLA, Berkeley and UNC, the averages range from 3.0 to 3.2. Read more...

David Gray “A New Day at Midnight” RCA Records After a four-year hiatus, Welsh singer David Gray’s fifth album marks a maturation of the sound in his previous album, “White Ladder.” Everything from the jacket of the album, which depicts an illuminated skyline at sunset by a river, to Gray’s twangy yet sultry vocals accompanied by organic instrumental sounds, combines to create a homegrown and deeply reflective ambience. Read more...