Title IX has successfully given women the same chance to participate in school-sponsored activities as men. The problem is women of color are being left behind. Read more...

Undergraduate Student Association Council External Vice President Chris Neal will be in Ghana next week to represent UCLA in an International Union of Students conference. Perhaps Neal is extending the meaning of his title ““ “external” vice president ““ a little too far. Read more...

A resolution in support of an on-campus pub was withdrawn at the Graduate Student Association Forum meeting Wednesday night. The resolution was withdrawn because GSA members want the pub space to be available for their social gatherings and events without undergraduates being present. Read more...

Community involvement and activism were two main themes of the second annual “Back to Our Roots: Social Work and Economic Justice” forum on Tuesday. Both fell under the larger aim of achieving social justice for poverty-level workers. Read more...

Who needs condoms? News item: Australian scientists are touting lemon juice as an alternate form of contraception, claiming a few drops of lemon juice squeezed onto a piece of sponge and placed into the vagina before sex kills sperm and HIV. Read more...

Anti-Semitism is on the rise at colleges nationwide, a visiting Jewish scholar said Wednesday. Laurie Zoloff, head of the Jewish studies department at San Francisco State University, spoke at a UCLA Hillel-sponsored seminar that explored what she called a “strong, powerful movement” toward anti-Semitism at universities. Read more...

Undergraduates’ official student liaison to the outside world is heading to west Africa next week to represent their interests ““ though many students are not sure who he is or why he’s going. Read more...