The UCLA School of Public Affairs is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a lecture series that began Monday with a discussion on issues pertaining to California politics from former speaker of the California Assembly Herb Wesson. Read more...

UCLA Student Media’s bruinwalk.com launched a new “groups” feature for its social networking tool this quarter that will allow students to not only form online networking groups, but to create entire web pages and publish content without any technical programming experience. Read more...

A dramatic proposal that would restrict when students are allowed to withdraw from class is currently pending in the Academic Senate. It is an unnecessary restriction further limiting academic flexibility and should not be implemented. Read more...

University Police Chief Karl Ross was officially sworn into duty Monday after serving almost 30 years at UCLA and the last one-and-a-half years as acting chief. Read more...

With his cigar in hand and a calabash of rum at his side, Manuel dispenses practical advice to those who come to visit him. Manuel, who can be found on occasion in East Hollywood, is a 500-year-old African spirit channeled through seances by an Argentinian priest. Read more...

The student association fee increase that will appear on undergraduate and graduate ballots in a few weeks could mean much more than an additional dent in student pocketbooks. Read more...

Due to concerns expressed by faculty members and the university’s changing economic climate, the UCLA College’s late drop policy may be changed to prevent students from dropping courses after fourth week. Read more...