The idea was simple enough: I wanted to leave school for a while. During my first two years at UCLA, I was unable to shake the nagging idea, like an itch on my brain, that there was more to be gained from this institution. Read more...

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...

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...

An epidemic is spreading through the world. Great minds are working frantically to find a cure, but the problem only seems to be growing worse, and the outlook is grim. Read more...