Over 700 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq since the start of the U.S.-led invasion. Of those killed, roughly 40 percent of the dead were between the ages of 18 and 24. Read more...

As the deadline nears for Taco Bell to meet conditions set by the Associated Students of UCLA so the restaurant can keep its place on campus, many people involved in the process are being left in the dark. Read more...

Normally a festival would not take place in a small, cramped room in Boelter Hall, but that did not stop the UCLA Linux Users Group from holding Install-fest, an event to help people install Linux on Saturday. Read more...

Perhaps it is meant to fill a need in today’s job market for math and science students. Or to further research for the Department of Homeland Security. Read more...

Atlas Shrugged,” one of the best-known college cult books there ever was, is a bit lonely these days. I saw a copy outside of the bookstore last week for the first time since fall quarter and got to wondering if the cult book phenomenon on college campuses is now limited to “The Da Vinci Code.” The energy that “Atlas” generated in the early 1960s had an intellectual romance about it that the Harry Potter series can’t compete with. Read more...

With Graduate Student Association elections just a few days away, three candidates are competing for the core position of vice president of internal affairs. The candidates, Marilyn Gray, Eric Lai, and Laith Mahmood, all confident contenders, focus on different issues. Read more...

Many members of the Jewish community used Holocaust Remembrance Day this Sunday to reflect upon the genocide that occurred during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Read more...