As U.S. troops fight pitched battles with insurgents in cities across Iraq, Americans at home should ask themselves what purpose is being served by the costly U.S. Read more...

As a result of the recent cadaver scandal, prospective university employees may incur greater scrutiny before they are hired. The increased attention to new employees stems from questions surrounding the background and credentials of Henry Reid, the ex-director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program, who was arrested early last month. Read more...

New hardware introduced in January and currently used at two universities may put an end to illegal music downloads among college students. The hardware, called CopySense Network Appliance, can be used to identify copyrighted songs and to block those songs from being downloaded on peer-to-peer networks. Read more...

Under God.” These two words are responsible for hours of television punditry, pages of newspaper debate and, well, God knows how many dinner table conversations about the United States’ founding fathers’ intent regarding religion’s role in the public sphere. Read more...

UCLA student Chris Bray and government activist Richard McKee filed a lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Apprehension Crime Task Force in an effort to open the agency’s meetings to the public. Read more...

Correction Appended The undergraduate student government voting season will kick off early this year with a special election on an initiative that would establish how the election process will be conducted in the future. Read more...