It wasn’t until 12:51 a.m. Wednesday when the gavel hit the long table to end the first meeting of the newly elected Undergraduate Students Association Council. Read more...

The message is simplistic, a bit cliche, but unquestionably true ““ slavery still exists. While this week’s antislavery protests surrounding the issue of human trafficking are important, it is equally important to recognize enslavement that comes with a metaphorical, rather than physical, ball and chain. Read more...

After a 45-minute drive north through traffic on the 405 Freeway along a labyrinth of other highways and roads winding away from campus, about 12 undergraduates went to another class last Wednesday ““ only this time they were the teachers. Read more...

We’re taught since kindergarten that the best way to get something is to be nice and reach a compromise. Unfortunately, that message seems to have gone over our governor’s head. Read more...

The newly elected undergraduate student government members took their oaths of office Tuesday night and sat around the council table for the first time. After the outgoing Undergraduate Students Association Council closed its final meeting, councilmembers and their advisors passed the gavel and offered fond recollections and thanks to one another, with the occasional insults exchanged and tears shed. Read more...

Editor’s note: Due to the fact that the government of Myanmar has threatened to imprison citizens who speak to reporters, the full names of quoted sources have been withheld for their protection. Read more...

When some picture slavery, they may see historical images of trans-Atlantic slave ships or laborers in cotton fields in the Deep South. But advocates on campus Tuesday said a very different type of slavery exists today ““ downtown, across the street or above mainstream coffee shops in Los Angeles and other major cities. Read more...