Starting in January, students taking the MCAT can put down their pencils and pick up some eye drops. The MCAT is converting to digital format and students taking the test will be staring into a computer screen for over five hours. Read more...

For Janet Mizuno, dancing is a way of life. But though she can leap, twirl and groove, the first-year world arts and cultures student doesn’t always have the mobility she desires. Read more...

Mahyar Nili’s passion for the connection between art and feminism brought her to UCLA from Santa Monica College three years ago. Since then, the fifth-year art student has scoured the campus for every opportunity for academic growth. Read more...

It can be easy to skim a newspaper, take in the headlines and visuals, and then move on. I admit it ““ there are days when I look through the Los Angeles Times or New York Times and quickly move on, putting my mind back to class or another concern of that day. Read more...

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sending young Republicans around the state in an RV and Phil Angelides using his daughters to recruit student campaigners and woo voters, both gubernatorial candidates have begun campaigning to college students. Read more...

Rumor has it that the journalism industry is going straight down the toilet. If that were true, it wouldn’t bode very well for my future, given that I have spent my college career at UCLA working 50- and 60-hour weeks at the Daily Bruin instead of cultivating the perfect grade point average and sucking up to professors to get a glowing letter of recommendation. Read more...

As dusk begins to fall, most students start to head back to their dorms and apartments. Professors start heading home; clubs finish up their meetings and classes come to their conclusion. Read more...