Two new minors set to begin this fall are aimed at giving students an opportunity to get hands-on experience in organizations dealing with public service and problems concerning Southern California. Read more...

Karen Orren, a political science professor, said jokingly that since coming to teach at the UCLA campus 37 years ago, certain faculty members now have campus buildings named after them, referring to former Dean Paul Dodd. Read more...

A woman who was last enrolled at UCLA fall 2005 was severely injured in a fall from a seventh-floor window in Chicago on Wednesday and remained in critical condition at a hospital there Thursday. Read more...

While UCLA prepares to award 11,000 degrees, three students at UC Merced will participate in the university’s first graduation ceremony today. In a room that seats 300, UC Merced plans to award diplomas for the first time ““ to one graduate student and two undergraduate students. Read more...

Going against years of certain commission positions being filled by independent officers, Slate Refund is running candidates for commission positions in this year’s undergraduate student government election, and independent candidates have altered their campaigns in response. Read more...

Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some expletive lyrics. Six-foot-two with freckles and reddish hair, Patrick Williams is not your typical MC. Neither is his friend, dreadlocked Jessica Amisial, a spoken word performer and poet. Read more...

Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some expletive lyrics. Usually quiet after dark, the heart of campus Wednesday night thumped to phat beats as some of UCLA’s finest b-boys and MCs popped, flowed and spit their illest rhymes. Read more...