Sometime in the next week, a judge is scheduled to rule on the legality of Proposition 71, passed in 2004 to allot $3 billion to stem cell research in California. Read more...

You know you’re in the Silicon Valley when you’ve met your neighbors ““ once. You know you’re in Los Angeles when calling your neighbors requires knowing their area codes. Read more...

Do you read any of the newsmagazines (Al-Talib, FEM, Ha’Am, La Gente de Aztlán, Nommo, Pacific Ties and Outwrite)? Why or why not? Thanh Nguyen Fifth-year, psychology “I read a few of them, I guess to know more about (specific communities). Read more...

The printing of the caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad, first by a Danish newspaper and later by other news sources, has gained worldwide attention. And though the issue at hand is sensitive to Muslims and their beliefs, such an event should not dissuade students from engaging in intellectual discourse and dialogue that questions the basis for this apparent “clash” of values. Read more...

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Undie Run fun, but changes are needed I have to agree with many of the arguments students have regarding UCLA’s Undie Run tradition. I think that the tradition is very unique to UCLA students because of its organic origins. Read more...

California’s Proposition 71, endorsed by 61 percent of voters in November 2004, was intended to create a $3 billion West Coast counterpart to the National Institutes of Health, focusing on biomedical research into human embryonic stem cells, distributing an average of $300 million annually in research grants over 10 years. Read more...