The debate over the effectiveness and morality of capital punishment in California has been revisited in recent weeks. The media attention given to the December execution of Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Tuesday’s execution of Clarence Ray Allen, the 12th and 13th people to be executed by the state since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977, has brought this debate back to the forefront of the public’s mind. Read more...

When thousands of refugees came to America after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, they vowed not to forget the 4,000 years of culture they brought with them. Read more...

With dozens of cultural, artistic and sports events every week at UCLA, the university has added a new branch of its Happenings campaign which employs student anchors presenting events through a broadcast medium. Read more...

UCLA’s International Institute has been awarded $1 million to fund research and programs on a range of contemporary Israeli issues. The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation gave a chaired endowment ““ a research budget given to a professor ““ to the institute’s Israel Studies Program last November. Read more...

When residents move into Club California’s newly renovated condos this year, they will find neighbors who represent a unique mix in the Village. Undergraduate and graduate students, doctors and other professionals will be living under one roof when the housing complex opens this summer, said Erika Aspericueta, a UCLA alumna and the transaction coordinator for Century 21 Award, which is handling sales. Read more...

Current UCLA students may never see a reduction in the traffic that plagues the 405 Freeway from the 101 Freeway interchange to the 10 Freeway. But the next generation of Bruins might. Read more...

The cold weather and holiday-filled winter months may make people more vulnerable to depression, according to some researchers, and students have many warning signs to look out for to ensure the well-being of family and friends. Read more...