At the edge of a grassy field nestled deep in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center lies a plot of land currently inhabited by little more than sturdy trees and their fallen counterparts. Read more...

Antiquarian booksellers and library staff in Southern California have been talking for years about starting up a rare book school on the West Coast. Now, the talk has ended. Read more...

Correction appended Footing the bill for a student-athlete’s tuition, books, housing and meals isn’t enough; the NCAA and universities should also be paying for their health insurance and their laundry ““ at least, that’s according to a lawsuit filed against the association. Read more...

In the basement of Young Research Library, there is a place where books are pieces of history. A catalogue from the early 1900s touts masks depicting stereotypes of ethnic groups and races: Italians, Japanese, Jews. Read more...

Students and faculty interested in studying race and ethnicity in politics will now have more opportunities to do research and fieldwork in that area. The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics under the Institute for Social Science Research, which is aimed at providing these possibilities, is set to officially open today. Read more...

While a Baroque concert might be overlooked by many patrons of popular music, such a rarity still exists ““ thanks to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini and master cellist and UCLA Professor Elisabeth Le Guin. Read more...

Shoes and boxes litter the floor, making it virtually impossible to take a step without trampling a pair of Reeboks, All Stars or flip-flops. Throughout the Copeland Sports section of the UCLA Store, dozens of students crowd around the 75-percent-off signs in a chaotic mix of grabbing shoes, flinging boxes and squeezing past the long lines to the register. Read more...