The 2004 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to UC Santa Barbara Professor David Gross Tuesday, marking the fourth time in six years that a faculty member of that campus has won the accolade and the 15th time in 10 years that a UC faculty member has won. Read more...

Two politicians vying to become the second-most-important man in the country for the next four years debated Tuesday night to an expected audience in the tens of millions. Read more...

Long a contested topic among students and professors alike, pass/no pass grading has once again become a topic of conversation as its fall deadline approaches. Students first hear about this option in summer orientation where their counselors explain that the pass/no pass grading option is designed to allow students the opportunity to explore classes outside their area of expertise while still allowing them to get credit for their work. Read more...

Attorneys in the case of a man accused of raping a UCLA student in 2002 outlined their arguments during opening statements Tuesday ““ focusing on issues of consent, the plaintiff’s actions after the alleged rape, and the attitude and actions of the defendant towards women. Read more...

Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic Sen. John Edwards traded sharp jabs during the first and only vice-presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday. Cheney and Edwards fought fiercely over issues ranging from the war in Iraq to Medicare, and traded personal attacks on each other and their running-mates. Read more...

Textbooks at the Associated Students of UCLA-run bookstore may seem overpriced to students, but the average markup for books at UCLA is actually lower than many other UCs when no recommended price is listed by the publisher. Read more...

When UCLA withdraws its endorsement of a fraternity, it should stand by its own conditions before it considers reinstatement. For some reason, UCLA failed to do that this September when it reinstated Sigma Chi despite the fraternity’s failure to fulfill one of five important conditions: the hiring of a live-in graduate advisor. Read more...