Two years ago, the Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a bylaw amendment officially tying its stipends to the minimum wage, a move that was designed primarily to provide students with financial hardships the ability to apply to and serve at the council table. Read more...

In 1963, the Ku Klux Klan detonated a bomb in a church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four black girls. The attack was a national tragedy that held a mirror up to America, revealing an ugly truth that spurred public support for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 less than a year later. Read more...

“San Andreas” came crashing into theaters last week as a multimillion dollar PSA of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s questionable acting skills and how woefully unprepared we are for a catastrophic temblor, even on UCLA’s campus. Read more...

At its meeting Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors could allocate a hefty sum of student fees to a wasteful and ultimately unnecessary renovation to an Ackerman Union staircase. Read more...

Los Angeles has one of the highest concentrations of homeless people in the United States, rising 12 percent over the last two years. Westwood community leaders need to take heed of the systemic issues that cause homelessness and treat the approximately 60 neighborhood residents living on the streets as human beings rather than as problems that need to be expelled. Read more...

Positive news about California public university funding is a rarity these days, so Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget revision released Thursday was both a huge surprise and relief. Read more...

On the first day of the University of California summit on undocumented students last week, UC President Janet Napolitano’s opening address was cut short when a cadre of undocumented students in the audience rose from their chairs, fists in the air, and demanded recognition and restitution from a president they have never trusted. Read more...