The UCLA Marching Band sent a 57-member ensemble to Hong Kong to join lights, floats and thousands of other musicians to usher in the Year of the Dog on Sunday. Read more...

Lions danced around the room, egged on by children squealing in delight at their acrobatics and sparkling costumes. Crowds cheered beneath rows of red paper lanterns and clapped along as a children’s choir sang Chinese songs. Read more...

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In a classic episode of “The Simpsons,” teachers at Springfield Elementary are replaced with giant video screens on which one person “teaches” live to students around the country; at one point, he calls on “the redhead in the Chicago school system” for the answer to three minus one. Read more...

When a study released Tuesday found that ethnic minorities are sorely underrepresented in college coaching positions, we have to admit, we weren’t exactly surprised. Now if only the NCAA would act on the data, that would be a surprise. Read more...

A campaign to change the structure of student government to a senate-based system via a campus-wide special election is underway, following the rejection of the proposal by the Undergraduates Students Association Council Tuesday night. Read more...

Only 38 percent of healthcare workers nationwide received the flu vaccine in 2000, which may indicate an increased risk of transmitting the influenza virus from worker to patient, according to a study released by UCLA and Harvard researchers Tuesday. Read more...