Every year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff, as well as their supporters across the country, celebrate October as National Coming Out Month, but many are unaware of its origins. Read more...

The Associated Students of UCLA’s board of directors should stop letting Taco Bell push it around. The board’s services committee made the same recommendation Friday that it made twice last year; ASUCLA needs to send Taco Bell a message by removing the chain from campus. Read more...

Hedrick Summit, Rieber Vista and Rieber Terrace are the three new residential halls being built as part of the plan to house more undergraduates, but four-year housing for all students is still a ways off. Read more...

When you exit the Hedrick Hall elevator and enter the fifth floor on the northern side, you can see big posters advertising typical dorm events such as “Food ‘N Fotos” night and the Leadership Intern Program. Read more...

Fourth-year linguistics and anthropology student Razi Zarchy did not rediscover his Jewish faith until after he came out as a transgendered person. “I distanced myself from Judaism because I didn’t think I’d be accepted in the community,” Zarchy said, during the National Coming Out Day Resource Fair on Monday. Read more...

At 5 a.m., while most students are still asleep, others strategically plan how to claim a table on Bruin Walk to advertise their student groups. Strolling through the stretch ““ beginning from the dorms and ending in the Royce Hall plaza ““ is no easy feat as dozens of students and group leaders bombard fellow students with an endless supply of fliers. Read more...

As part of his nationwide tour aimed at encouraging students and non-voters to go to the polls in the upcoming presidential election, controversial liberal filmmaker and author Michael Moore will appear on campus at the Los Angeles Tennis Center today. Read more...