The video feed was jerky and the sound was sometimes low, but for Luisa Martínez, it was an experience to be remembered. Martínez, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was one of about 15 members of the UCLA Community who came to the Anderson School of Management Friday to participate in a video conference with Felipe Calderón, a Mexican politician who recently won a primary election to be a candidate in Mexico’s 2006 presidential election in July. Read more...

A new California state bill, which will go into effect January, will make the possession of any material for the use of making false IDs a crime. Read more...

Some students and faculty fear that the School of Public Health building may be a danger to the public’s health. Since 1978, the building’s seismic safety has been evaluated six times, and each time received a “Very Poor” rating, meaning that a major seismic disturbance is anticipated to result in extensive damage and possible collapse. Read more...

The Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors discussed the status of Cooperage’s upcoming Jamba Juice and Healthy Foods bar and addressed plans for upcoming events as well as elected a new board chair during its monthly meeting Friday. Read more...

Drew Olson described it as the best bonfire he’s seen in his four years at UCLA. Standing on a stage overflowing with members and coaches of the UCLA football team, Olson swung a blue T-shirt in the air as hundreds of blue-and-yellow-clad fans in Wilson Plaza cheered, screamed and chanted “Beat ‘SC.” The large turnout at Thursday night’s Beat ‘SC Parade, Bonfire and Rally, a part of Blue and Gold Week, was reflective of the massive hype surrounding this Saturday’s football game against No. Read more...

Katherine Baicker was appointed as an associate professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs in July, but before she could step into the classroom, she was presented with an offer she could not refuse. Read more...

It’s more than just yearlong bragging rights. More than just quips of who’s better than whom. The key to the city is at stake. The magnitude of the crosstown rivalry is only known to a select few.It’s Texas and Oklahoma, Army and Navy, Florida and Florida State, Alabama and Auburn, Ohio State and Michigan. Read more...