When third-year aerospace engineering student Smitha Prabhuswamy was 12, she decided she wanted to be the first Indian woman to go to space. But the very next year, Kalpana Chawla beat her to it when Chawla flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in November 1997. Read more...

Black History Month is a time to recognize prominent figures in black history and acknowledge the contributions black culture has made to American society as a whole. Read more...

Redlands police came to UCLA last week to search for clues and information about a former student who has been missing for over three months. Michael Niemeyer disappeared Oct. Read more...

Developers submitted preliminary plans for a multimillion-dollar Westwood project to the city’s design review board in late January, looking for feedback on a project they hope will revitalize the Village and student life. Read more...

Financial aid is supposed to level the playing field for those who otherwise would not be able to attend college. One such type of aid is the Cal Grant program, which in 2001-2002 gave $512,873,000 (7 percent of California’s $7.3 billion aid package) in fiscal support to California’s students. Read more...

Bruin misrepresents protest’s intention I was appalled to find that in “Speaker overturns misconceptions of Islamic jihad” (Jan. 29), Caitlin Roberson attributes quotes to me which were not my own. Read more...