UCLA’s much-publicized holistic admissions approach has now survived its first applicant pool. When the data was released on the school’s Web site on April 5, a 2.2 percent increase in underrepresented minority admits served as evidence for the policy’s improved ability to take into account factors other than test scores and GPAs. Read more...

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Sex is expensive; abstinence is free I was completely disappointed in Lara Loewenstein’s article “Exorbitant expense of fornication nothing new, but still blows” (April 12). The article was rather depressing, not in terms of the content it dealt with, but rather the message delivered. Read more...

As roughly 32 of my peers lay deceased in Norris and West Ambler Johnston Halls, I struggle for the words to describe how I feel. As eager, ambitious students, we all want to make history and leave our mark on the world. Read more...

I shouldn’t have done it. I had decided to stay up for 24 hours without the aid of energy drinks or coffee to make a point about the future of sleep, and 12 hours in, I was already regretting my decision. Read more...

The members of our mainstream media have been cowards lately, and it’s time we called them on it. Radio host Don Imus was fired from both of his gigs recently, one with NBC and one with CBS. Read more...