Inside, it was about terrorism. Outside, it was all politics. Just before Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice, was scheduled to speak at the Faculty Center on Thursday as part of a symposium on terrorism in the U.S. Read more...

No speeches or large rallies accompanied Anita Yu Westly’s stop at UCLA Wednesday. Instead, Yu Westly, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Controller Steve Westly, opted for a small, informal luncheon with students and faculty, discussing the campaign issues as they arose in conversation. Read more...

The Graduate Students Association wrapped up its last meeting of the year and swore in its recently elected officers on Wednesday night. Outgoing GSA officers discussed the continued efforts to validate the graduate student writing center referendum, which would add $3 to quarterly graduate student fees to help fund a center to assist students with writing and presentation skills. Read more...

Los Angeles County officials filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army on Wednesday to stop the proposed land swap of a 10-acre parcel of property located adjacent to Westwood. Read more...

Tami Vuong, a 2005 UCLA alumna, stepped anxiously last fall into the South Bronx, New York elementary school that would be her Teach For America school for the next two years. Read more...

Jenna Korobow, a recent theater alumna, had been on stage many times, but nothing could have prepared her for her post-graduate debut: teaching the first grade. Read more...

Marjorie Clark is a white teacher in a Washington, D.C. high school where more than 95 percent of the students are black. She grew up in Albany, Ore., in a rural, white, middle-class community before attending UCLA. Read more...