William Leslie Britt, a former UCLA student, died on April 28 in a car accident on Interstate 5. He was 22. Britt had been a student at UCLA up until fall 2004, when he transferred to University of the Pacific. Read more...

Students who have avoided paying their parking tickets are getting a break this month from a parking citation amnesty program which encourages students to pay off their tickets before the end of the year. Read more...

Skid Row is right outside. Between two of the dozens of tents pitched along the sidewalk, a man with his back resting on a chain-link fence has drawn his syringe full of heroin, and will inject it unless his leathery faced lookout sees a patrol car. Read more...

When members of the UCLA community call for an increase in underrepresented minorities at UCLA, they may not need to look outside the University of California for examples of campuses with greater ““ or lesser ““ diversity. Read more...

Professors who are part of the four ethnic study centers on campus play a role in drawing undergraduate minority students to UCLA, and in retaining them. Read more...

Officials and press releases from across the University of California have been proclaiming success in increasing minority admissions to the university for the fall class of 2005. Read more...

Feds step up to curb highway shootings Federal agents have joined local officers patrolling Southern California freeways in an effort to stop a string of highway shootings and track leads on attacks that have left four dead and several injured in recent weeks. Read more...