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...

An old and venerable institution of the U.S. Government, Social Security has recently come directly under the political spotlight, with many believing that it requires significant reform. Read more...

Though most students probably would be bored listening to a lecture about Social Security reform, professors and students at the UCLA Anderson School of Management were intrigued by the findings of a Yale professor on the subject. Read more...

Financial experts tend to agree that if reforms are made early to Social Security, there will be a lesser degree of impact on current youth. Social Security at the end of 2004 sustained 48 million beneficiaries and covered 159 million workers and their families, according to the recently released 2005 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees. Read more...

Studies and projects done by HIV/AIDS activists and researchers from all over the world were presented Friday at Kaufman Hall at a conference titled “AIDS in Africa.” The symposium, presented by the UCLA AIDS Institute, consisted of three panels, speakers Stephen Lewis and Laurie Garrett, and performances by Iddi Saaka and Peter Carpenter. Read more...

Women and men of a variety of different backgrounds and organizations, and with varying degrees of enthusiasm for the feminist movement, gathered Sunday to discuss the state of women’s rights locally and internationally as a part of the first annual Women’s Collective. Read more...

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