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...

UCLA Housing has decided that on-campus room sign-up dates will be moved up at least a month to the end of winter quarter, eliciting a litany of concerns about the change from student representatives. Read more...

As pungent incense spiraled up into the evening sky, dancing UCLA students with painted faces celebrated the lives of their loved ones who have died. Every element of the event, from the incense ““ called “kopal” and native to Mexico ““ to faces half-painted in the image of skeletons, UCLA students and alumni celebrated Día de los Muertos, the traditional Mexican holiday devoted to the dead. Read more...

Even though he was the first and only governor to be recalled in California history, Gray Davis was able to joke and laugh about the problems in the recall process at a panel discussion Thursday at UCLA. Read more...