Although the new residential plazas ““ Rieber Vista and Hedrick Summit ““ were designed for upper division students, UCLA Housing has had to adjust to an unexpected number of first-year students living in the plazas. Read more...

Not a lot of North Koreans get to travel the world, telling their life story to world leaders. But Kang Chol-Hwan was one of the lucky few to escape the tight grip of the North Korean government, and he is gradually becoming the poster child for an international community aimed at ending North Korea’s human rights abuses. Read more...

Scott Waugh, the dean of social sciences who has served for longer than any other top administrator in the UCLA College, announced this week he will step down at the end of the school year. Read more...

Huey Lin, a Chinese language lecturer in the Asian Languages and Cultures department, is fighting to get her job back after being dismissed by her department for alleged unprofessional behavior. Read more...

Taco Bell is back. After almost a year off campus, the Cooperage reintroduced the popular eatery Sept. 19, just over a week before the start of fall quarter. Read more...

Do you know what RedEye is? You could be excused if you didn’t. I sure didn’t, until this summer. RedEye is a fairly new, 25 cent tabloid in Chicago that defines its mission as: “To deliver a distinctive and credible daily news report ““ in a concise, commuter friendly format ““ that informs, entertains, interests, provokes and is relevant to Chicago’s young city dwellers.” That actually sounds something like The Daily Bruin’s mission statement ““ except for maybe the part about Chicago and being “commuter friendly.” But that’s about where the similarities end. Read more...

Eugene Volokh has something of an alter ego. When he’s not discussing the intricacies of legal issues in the classroom, the UCLA law professor turns to the Internet, where his audience is far greater. Read more...