Working alongside recovering drug addicts and her fellow students, Sarah Kolterman wielded a rake and a pair of hedgetrimmers as she joined in at a relandscaping effort at a drug recovery center. Read more...

A conference on the Armenian Genocide held at UCLA on Sunday marked the first time Turkish scholars outside Turkey have challenged their native government’s position on the genocide, organizers said. Read more...

California’s K-12 public education system is consistently one of the lowest-ranked in the country, but it is unreasonable to place the blame solely on teachers. Proponents of Proposition 74 claim that by increasing the time new teachers are required to remain on probation from two to five years and by making it easier to fire teachers who receive negative evaluations, the measure “protects and rewards good teachers.” They also say schools need more money, not poorly performing teachers. Read more...

Proposition 73 is asking voters to amend the state constitution so that parents of minors would have to be notified before an abortion is performed. But the proposition fails to recognize that family communication cannot and should not be legislated. Read more...

While debate swirls among liberal groups over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito’s avowedly conservative views on such controversial issues as abortion rights, considerably less attention has been paid to his prior rulings on issues relevant to universities and university students. Read more...

After an $18 million renovation and many unexpected delays, Glorya Kaufman Hall opened its doors to the public this quarter, offering new classroom space, performance venues and lounges to students and faculty on campus. Read more...

More than 800 students have volunteered to wake up early this Saturday and put in a day of work at community service sites around Los Angeles. Read more...