Evaluating and finding professors is something of an arcane art. There is no single place students can turn to find a comprehensive review of professors and their classes. Read more...

First-year world arts and cultures student Jennifer Zhao knows what she is looking forward to winter quarter after the Gloria Kaufman Hall is completed: She’ll have “an extra 10 minutes of sleep in place of walking.” For others in the department, the new facility in Wilson Plaza will build a sense of community, both within the department and with the larger UCLA campus. Read more...

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, homeland security has become a top priority for both local and national governments. In order to communicate new methods and information to local governments throughout Southern California, the UCLA School of Public Affairs and the Southern California Association of Governments held a Homeland Security Conference on Tuesday at Covel Commons. Read more...

California State University, Hayward is not confined to Hayward, California alone. Satellite campuses have been popping up since 1993 in Moscow, Vienna, Hong Kong, Beijing and most recently in Singapore. Read more...

Students looking for means of transportation other than walking or driving may have more options available to them than they realize. At a bicycle-outreach meeting last Thursday, Sam Corbett, manager of planning and analysis for UCLA Transportation Services, provided updates regarding bicycling improvements on campus as well as information about Flexcar, an alternative to bicycling. Read more...

A recent study found that nearly half of all college students believe that professors are infusing course curricula with their own political beliefs. Nearly one-third of the students attending some of the nation’s top colleges and universities, including UCLA, reported that they had to agree with the political views of some professors in order to get a good grade, and 46 percent believed that some professors use the classroom to present their personal political views. Read more...