During the first Gulf War, Peter Kovach was an officer in a public policy bureau working in the Middle East. In the mid 1990s he was in Jordan aiding peacekeeping efforts before and after their first elections. Read more...

Affordability, accessibility and accountability: These are the three main goals in a new plan to improve the status of postsecondary education, announced Tuesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. Read more...

The brother of one of the Israeli soldiers who was kidnapped by Hezbollah this summer spoke on campus Thursday night, discussing the harrowing experience he and his family have gone through in the 78 days since the capture. Read more...

Nine years after graduating from UCLA, Iva Toguri D’Aquino became the seventh person to be convicted of treason against the United States, charged with disloyalty for her presence as a radio personality on a Japanese station during World War II. Read more...

The UCLA Academic Senate approved a “holistic” approach to admissions Thursday evening. Starting with this year’s applicants, UCLA will change the way undergraduate applications are read and scored to allow more of an emphasis on personal achievements. Read more...

As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two bills that will allow the University of California and the state of California to move ahead with divestment, his words echoed the statements students have been making for more than two years. Read more...

Part of Mira Hershey Hall, UCLA’s first on-campus residence hall, is currently undergoing demolition to make way for the construction of the Life Sciences Replacement Building. Read more...