Blackness remains. In a time when the U.S. population is diversifying at a dizzying rate, when popular accounts of race present it as an anachronistic concern, when colorblind ideology shapes much of our public policy and when the affirmation of cultural hybridity and multiple subjectivities is all the rage, blackness remains a curious, palpable presence in our land. Read more...

There is a clear line separating the government’s role as the protector of the public and its potential role as a technological and moral Big Brother. Read more...

Who the hell is Howard Dean? Since many of us young liberals prostrated our bodies into a human drawbridge to the White House for him in the primaries, perhaps we should re-examine the man who, as the newly crowned head of the Democratic National Committee, would be king of our hopes and dreams. Read more...

Last fall, some students with AT&T and Cingular noticed their cell phone reception was getting better. In the coming months, others may soon notice their Coors Light beer bottle may be sporting a new Molson Coors logo. Read more...

After months of planning, the Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors approved at a special meeting Friday a draft of the fee hike referendum that may show up in student elections in the spring. Read more...

Supporters of the petition to amend the Undergraduate Students Association Council constitution began Monday to collect signatures to put the proposal to a vote. The efforts began after the elections board chair approved the language of the petition, which seeks to change the structure of the undergraduate student system from a council to a senate. Read more...

Laughter fills a lecture hall in Young Hall as a lively professor intertwines witty remarks about the chemical processes for making beer in an early morning chemistry class. Read more...