Every year UCLA community members protest the Turkish and U.S. governments’ failure to recognize the systematic attempt by Ottoman Turks to wipe Armenians from existence. It is touching and impressive that Armenian American students ““ thousands of miles and generations of time removed from their ancestors ““ still organize for acknowledgment of the genocide. Read more...

UCLA receives more applications than any university in the country and lies in a city celebrated for its diversity. But the school accepted only 199 black high school seniors who applied from within the state. Read more...

The start of the weeklong 2004 Graduate Student Association general elections will begin today at noon. All enrolled UCLA graduate and professional students have the opportunity to log on to the MyUCLA Web site and decide among the 10 candidates. Read more...

After a lengthy discussion last week, the undergraduate student government passed an amendment to the election code which some councilmembers worry will limit students’ ability to vote. Read more...

Michelle Layne, a first-year community college student, feels a connection with a San Francisco transgender teen who was assaulted and killed in San Francisco in 2002. Read more...

Correction Appended About 50 students marched in silence around the UCLA campus Wednesday in commemoration of the 89th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government ““ which some countries, including the United States, do not officially recognize. Read more...

The organization has grown from 12 members to over 500 in less than one year, and has played a leading role in drafting a policy calling for “green” buildings and a reduction in energy consumption on all UC campuses. Read more...