Despite how much proponents of recently passed hazing legislation may pat themselves on the back this election season, Matt’s Law is not going to do anything about hazing at American colleges ““ except make it possible for victims and their families to sue for more money than before. Read more...

Coming from Singapore as an international student, Kathleen Ditzig worries about adjusting to American culture. As a first-year art student she worries about adjusting to life in college. Read more...

Our response to Harvard’s half-hearted nod to diversity in admissions is a quiet yawn. Several schools have joined Harvard in eliminating their early admission programs, but none of them will have any significant effect on a problem that is far larger than that. Read more...

A panel of energy analysts met Thursday to discuss the need for a renewed perspective on the world’s current energy challenges during the UCLA Anderson Forecast’s quarterly conference. Read more...

Though the housing market has entered a state of major cyclical decline nationwide, economists from the UCLA Anderson Forecast concluded in their quarterly prediction that the economy is not entering a recession, but rather a period of slow growth. Read more...

Patients at hospitals nationwide may not be receiving adequate information about their prescription medicine, according to a recent UCLA study. “We found that physicians are often just not communicating essential information when prescribing new medications,” said Derjung Tarn, lead researcher and assistant professor in the department of family medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Read more...

UCLA is not the only school to make changes in recent weeks to its admission process that are aimed at promoting more fairness in evaluating applicants. Read more...