Carolyn Steinwedel is investigating which groups benefit from the electoral college system. Ryan Sears is writing about how contentious issues become aligned with political parties. And Tam Tran is looking at nonlinear storytelling in contemporary literature and albums by Radiohead. Read more...

After a decade-long hiatus, the undergraduate nursing program at UCLA will reopen and expects to begin taking applications for students entering in the fall of 2006, UCLA officials announced Monday. Read more...

Revecca Millan, a fourth-year biology student, has always been supportive of her sister’s bisexuality, attending lectures and speeches at various lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender conferences, including the Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference on Friday and Saturday. Read more...

Last year, residents of the third floor of Dykstra Hall were shocked by the suicide of Amanda (Mandy) Hafleigh, a second-year American literature and culture student. Read more...

Jorge Casas visited UCLA for the first time Friday, with his wife Lourdes and his two young sons, Moradhi and Mozart, who are 18 months and three years old. Read more...

In light of recent fines for past election violations imposed on 5th District Councilman Jack Weiss, some Westwood community members have criticized his handling of Westwood Village issues such as parking shortages and the lack of business development. Read more...

Fourth-year history student Daniel Benji never used to miss lectures if he could help it. Only an emergency could have kept him away. But that was before BruinCast, a new service being tested in four classes this quarter, which videotapes lectures and puts them online for later viewing. Read more...