The coffeehouses of eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe were places where the embers of revolution were stoked. The coffeehouses of twenty-first century Westwood are places where a bit of flirting, some gossiping and maybe a little studying are done. Read more...

The formation of the stem cell research oversight commission mandated by the passage of Proposition 71 began last week as the University of California made six appointments to the Independent Citizens Oversight Commission. Read more...

UCLA’s normally bustling campus seems eerily quiet at 9 p.m. on a foggy Friday night. Its 36,000 students have all left for the weekend and signs of life are few. Read more...

Amanda “Mandy” Hafleigh, a second-year American literature student, died last Thursday night in her room on the third floor of Dykstra Hall in what police say is an apparent suicide. Read more...

A female student died late Thursday night in Dykstra Hall in what police have said is an apparent suicide. Amanda Hafleigh, known on her ultimate frisbee team as “Chip,” was found in her room on the third floor of Dykstra Hall. Read more...