In light of recent fines for past election violations imposed on 5th District Councilman Jack Weiss, some Westwood community members have criticized his handling of Westwood Village issues such as parking shortages and the lack of business development. Read more...

Fourth-year history student Daniel Benji never used to miss lectures if he could help it. Only an emergency could have kept him away. But that was before BruinCast, a new service being tested in four classes this quarter, which videotapes lectures and puts them online for later viewing. Read more...

In a surprising move, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a major higher education spending bill last week that would have frozen federal student aid at 2005 levels. Read more...

Several libraries around the country are trying to spice up ““ and speed up ““ the way people interact with them online. But there’s a catch, and it’s called the Patriot Act. Read more...

The crowd cheered as student models strutted their stuff and student groups performed Thursday night as part of the UCLA Panhellenic Council’s philanthropy event, Infusion. The inaugural event, which took place in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, was organized to raise money for the Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica. Read more...

Findings show that, for the eighth consecutive year, the number of black student admissions at UCLA and UC Berkeley has continued to decrease. Such statistics and findings will be discussed during a symposium today, titled “(E)Racing Race, Erasing Access: Politics, Policies and Practices in a Post-Prop 209 World.” Hosted by the College Access Project for African Americans, the event’s purpose is to share recent research CAPAA has done in the past year on the possible reasons for the declining number of black admissions to the two most competitive UC campuses, UCLA and Berkeley. Read more...