As students get back into the swing of things for their spring quarter classes, a battle over the heart and soul of the future of the University of California is taking place in Sacramento right now. Read more...

In an attempt to promote understanding of day-to-day life in Israel, three Israeli youths are speaking on campus today about their experiences living in the country and serving in the Israeli army. Read more...

Iraq ambassador named: President Bush named John Negroponte, the United States’ top diplomat at the United Nations, as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq on Monday and asserted that Iraq “˜”˜will be free and democratic and peaceful.” Bush announced the nomination in an Oval Office ceremony. Read more...

Israeli minister cancels campus talk Natan Sharansky, a member of the Israeli Parliament and minister of social and Diaspora affairs, cancelled a scheduled talk at UCLA and returned to Israel because of political considerations. Read more...

Palestinian ideology source of violence Where are you right now? Are you reading this article in the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse? Are you sitting at a table on Bruin Walk or are waiting for your class to start in a lecture hall? Read more...