Today, the UCLA campus is silent. Not, unfortunately, in commemoration of the 1,519 U.S. soldiers who have died in the past two years, but rather because of final exams. Read more...

Eric Tang traveled to Africa to build a library in a Zambian refugee camp after his 2004 graduation from UCLA. “It’s mutually empowering,” he said, “not just for the refugee, but for the college student as well.” This year, a book donation drive will be held at UCLA from finals week throughout spring quarter to provide money for refugee relief and education programs. Read more...

At UCLA, on the last day of class, it is customary for students to applaud at the conclusion of lecture. This phenomenon is rather mystifying. It would seem that most of the time students are not merely clapping out of joy for their excellent professors. Read more...

The picture the UC Board of Regents painted of the state and federal budgets at their meeting at UCLA on Thursday was a gloomy one, to say the least. Read more...

Matthew Carrington sat in the cold basement, soaked and shivering, surrounded by his peers. He had ingested gallons upon gallons of water that night in a pledge initiation ritual for his fraternity, Chi Tau. Read more...

Fernando Suarez del Solar points to his dead son’s dirty combat boots and recalls the life of the young soldier, who died at age 20 two years ago. Read more...

Chancellor Albert Carnesale told students and staff Friday that the university would not weigh two decades of accomplishments in deciding how to sanction the Academic Advancement Program’s director for having a relationship with a student. Read more...