Our university’s incredible array of extracurricular student activities provide nearly unlimited opportunities for students to extend their educations beyond the classroom. These activities, funded by student fees, also promote the university’s three-pronged mission of teaching, service and research. Read more...

What do you think about finals’ starting on Friday instead of Monday? Brandon Foster Fifth-year, mathematics and computer science “I feel fine about it since I’m not affected by the situation. Read more...

Right before Iran’s seventh parliamentary elections in February, two reformist journals, Shargh and Yase No, were illegally shut down while the Iranian judiciary ordered the filtering of some pro-reform Web sites. Read more...

“Cracker!” “Nazi!” “Asshole!” “Get off my land, you white racist!” “Go back to England/Germany/Russia!” “Hell yeah, we wanna take back our land!” “Exploiter!” “Foreign gringo invader!” “Baby killers!” Is this the obscenely long-named sequel to the UCLA comedy trio “N*gger W*tback Ch*nk”? Read more...

In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case Keyishian v. Board of Regents, affirmed that “our Nation is deeply committed to safeguarding academic freedom, which is of transcendent value to all of us, and not merely to the teachers concerned, (and) that the vigilant protection of constitutional freedom is nowhere more vital than in the community of American schools.” Today, more than three decades later, the freedom the Supreme Court so forcefully upheld is under attack ““ right here in the University of California. Read more...

UCLA is deeply committed to the housing program as a key resource essential to the university’s academic mission. Since the 1980s, we have had a clear road map for transforming the university from a commuter campus to a residential one. Read more...

Has the alleged sale of bodies and body parts by UCLA employees affected your outlook on the integrity of the medical center? Katie Sarkarati First-year, undeclared “The (alleged) fact that somebody at the (medical center) violated the trust of the donors, that’s definitely something to worry about.” Matt Guibert Third-year, cognitive science “Not really. Read more...