Everyone, no matter how different, is part of the one body of humanity ““ this was the message given at Wednesday’s Students for Peace Festival. “(It’s) seeing yourself everywhere. Read more...

Full of “dreams and goals,” Maria Suarez entered the U.S. at age 16 as a slave sold for $200. As one of an estimated 900,000 yearly victims of human trafficking, Suarez shared her story at the Human Trafficking Conference, hosted by Youth for Human Rights International and supported by the Bruin Democrats, on Wednesday. Read more...

Cathy Schulman does not hesitate to say which film festival she prefers over all others. “There’s nothing I love more than Sundance,” said Schulman, who teaches in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s producers program. Read more...

A California public high school agreed this week not to teach intelligent design, the latest in several California legal cases addressing the place of intelligent design in public schools. Read more...

A Web site purporting to expose “UCLA’s radical professors” and offering students cash payouts in return for information about their classes was thrust into the national spotlight Wednesday after a barrage of media coverage. Read more...

SAN DIEGO “”mdash; Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante both made rare appearances at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, during which the governor discussed buying out the UC student fee increases planned for next year and the board adopted a new salary structure for university employees. Read more...

After spending fall quarter at UCLA, University of New Orleans graduate student Wes Harris, studying film and television, decided to stay at UCLA for the remainder of the year because his New Orleans apartment is currently occupied by a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Read more...