Amanda Noroña and Amy Penn both represented China in the Chinese Council of the United Nations this past weekend. But these students never went to the U.N. Read more...

In an article published last month, the New York Times reported that university officials from across the country are concerned about their schools’ national academic rankings and have actively implemented policies in order to improve their rankings. Read more...

UCLA developers, working on the first of its kind in the nation, plan to begin a project that aims to help city emergency workers better respond in the event of a disaster. Read more...

In 1939, she told herself she would wait until the war was over. In 1945, she told herself she was sure her family would be reunited. Read more...

The U.S. military has made many mistakes in Iraq, but never before has it attempted something so disturbingly desperate and stupid. The military’s new strategy for Baghdad is “gated communities,” and it would go a little like this: The military would wall off different areas of the city, force out insurgents, and declare the area safe and harmonious. Read more...

A congressional proposal to cut student interest rates on Stafford Student Loans would save lower and middle-class students thousands of dollars, according to a new report released by the California Public Interest Research Group. Read more...

When he started his own business in telecommunications right before he began attending UCLA, Shaun Tan did it without the advantage of having the advice of older, more seasoned entrepreneurs. Read more...