Many would predict the visit of an African politician to be an affair rooted in optimism, where the leader discusses the progress that lies ahead and the better tomorrow he or she will help forge on the long distraught continent. Read more...

In contrast to the recent focus on the death of Jesus of Nazareth as a result of Mel Gibson’s new movie, an associate professor of religion lectured Wednesday on understanding the context of the historical man and his life. Read more...

After helping choose the Democratic presidential candidate next week, students can then decide the fate of their morning reading material. Students living on campus will be able to vote next week on the future of the Collegiate Readership Program at UCLA. Read more...

Most students find it easy to stroll through the UCLA Store to look for T-shirts and mugs they want to buy, but the same walk can turn into an exhausting trip for those in wheelchairs who have to navigate through a maze of sweatshirt racks that are sometimes placed close together. Read more...

Though recent polls show an increase in voter support for an upcoming education bond which would pay for repairs and construction at education facilities in California, the initiative’s passage is not certain in the March election. Read more...

For the first time since the debate about the funding for student groups began two years ago, the UCLA administration voiced concerns that the undergraduate student government’s guidelines may not be in compliance with University of California policy earlier this week. Read more...

Don’t expect any theological revelations from Mel Gibson’s much-debated new release, “The Passion of The Christ.” Staying far clear from any meaningful debate about the origins of Christianity, Gibson instead has created a film which is singularly designed to showcase the physical torture experienced by Jesus of Nazareth during the last 12 hours of his life. Read more...