Born in the Baja town of Guymas, Luisa Martínez lived in Mexico for 18 years before enrolling in a San Diego junior college. Yet, when Martínez, now a 24-year-old UCLA student, votes for the first time in this year’s Mexican presidential election, she will be participating in the political process of a country she never plans to live in again. Read more...

After the red carpet is unrolled, the limousines are lined up, and the statues are shined, the biggest names in film will fill Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre for the most awaited award show of the year: the 78th annual Academy Awards. Read more...

Congressional budget bills are rarely ever exciting. In fact, just writing that made us yawn. But one of their latest may have just boldly ushered in a new era of higher education ““ though we’re not sure it’s for the best. Read more...

By crossing the border into neighboring Chad, where they have been burning crops, stealing cattle and killing civilians, Sudanese-sponsored militia have escalated a crisis that has been attracting international attention for the past three years and have brought a new dimension to the situation. Read more...

When Gavin Hood first introduced himself to one of his UCLA Extension classes, three students walked out. “I said, “˜My name is Gavin, and I’m from South Africa.’ Three people ““ two black guys and a white guy ““ got up and walked out and didn’t want to be in class with me. Read more...

When third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Jieshan Lin makes it to UCLA in the mornings, he’s usually stuck on campus all day ““ it’s too inconvenient to drive back to his Sepulveda Boulevard home between classes. Read more...