Students applying for admission to UCLA in the fall may be faced with an entirely new admissions process in which university officials read a student’s entire application rather than scoring individual sections separately. Read more...

A pill, drug or other physical form of medicine is often assumed to be the only effective component, but could be just one of several parts of a successful treatment for depression. Read more...

Iranian extremists have declared it permissible to spill the blood of a UCLA Islamic law professor, claiming he advised President Bush to support Israel’s recent strike against Lebanon and resist a cease-fire with Hezbollah. Read more...

Every year around election season, the Undergraduate Students Association Council projects promises of working together and making progress. But the last two years in a row, one slate or the other has resorted to cheap tactics while whining about slate politics. Read more...

Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, is on its way to being sold without prescription to women 18 and older. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision last Thursday to allow over-the-counter sale of Plan B has spurred opposition from some who say the easier access to the pill will promote unprotected sexual activity, and applause from others who say the new decision could lead to fewer unwanted pregnancies, especially among young women. Read more...

See how the new Lanza method works in an interactive graphic Scientists say they have discovered a way to harvest stem cells without destroying human embryos, but university officials said it is too early to know whether the new method will make its way into UCLA labs. Read more...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an agreement last Monday with Democratic leaders of the legislature to raise the state minimum wage almost 20 percent by January of 2008. Read more...