Something is fundamentally wrong with UCLA’s admissions system when next year’s freshman class of 4,852 will contain only 96 black students. Despite recent systemwide increases, the overall decline in enrollment of some underrepresented ethnic groups at UCLA and the University of California system is nothing new ““ not since California voters passed Proposition 209 in 1997. Read more...

College students dancing is nothing to call home about. College students planning, organizing and participating in an event that raises over a quarter of a million dollars for a good cause is reason to call everywhere. Read more...

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...

In preparation for the upcoming Democratic primary election, UCLA students are looking to directly engage the student body in the election process. Some students have been campaigning for State Treasurer Phil Angelides, targeting the student population, while others are supporting State Controller Steve Westly and have worked directly with the candidate’s campaign. Read more...

Tucked away in a red brick building in the middle of North Campus are classrooms with turquoise-colored walls, winding staircases and machines that seem to make just about anything. Read more...

An artist who performed at Monday’s reggae festival has prompted complaints by members of the gay and lesbian community over a song the artist wrote that advocated shooting gay men. Read more...

About a week before Mother’s Day, the fifth-grade students of Lindi Williams’ classroom are painting pastels of pink, blue and yellow onto egg cartons. The project will soon be planted with soil and flower seeds to be given to their mothers. Read more...