Tens of thousands of students pass by the Fowler Museum every day on their way to and from class, but not many attend the exhibits. Students who can actually locate the off-campus Hammer Museum probably don’t know the museum hosted a reading by David Foster Wallace last Friday and Jonathan Franzen is scheduled to speak in December. Read more...

A divided country begets a divided home. President Bush’s close victory over Sen. John Kerry Tuesday served to highlight the political rift gripping the nation and my apartment. Read more...

With the crunch of midterms, finding time to write that history paper or analyze that Shakespeare poem may seem like an impossible feat. But students will want to think twice before running to the Internet to download a paper in times of desperation, as UCLA renewed its license this year for the commonly used online anti-plagiarism service, Turnitin.com. Read more...

Eleven years ago, Sung Deuk-Oak found it strange to write an academic paper by starting with his thesis. The foreign notion of presenting one’s ideas at the beginning, rather than subtly suggesting them at the end has required some adjustment. Read more...

Construction delays on university apartments in Westwood continue to cause problems for UCLA Housing, which estimates it could lose millions of dollars in rent this year as units remain unfinished. Read more...

UCLA students participated in the Muslim Student Association’s Fast-a-Thon Thursday to benefit the hot meals program for Humanitarian Day. MSA organized the Fast-a-Thon, an event in which Muslim students encourage peers of all faiths to fast for one day in an effort to raise money for a local homeless persons food provider. Read more...

UCLA students reacted Thursday to President Bush’s re-election as several hundred gathered to hear students speak out against the president’s victory and urge those who oppose Bush’s policies to keep fighting for their views. Read more...