For many of its young residents, Isla Vista is the college partygoer’s dream. But for the local sheriff’s department, it is a security nightmare. Isla Vista, a primary residential area for the University of California, Santa Barbara, is known for open parties that allow for easy access to alcohol. Read more...

In this election year, gay marriage has become one of the hot issues. A majority of Americans oppose gay marriage rights, and President Bush and the leading Democratic candidates share that view. Read more...

Eight international students were recognized for their talent as young creative writers when presented with the Harry Kurnitz Foreign Students Creative Writing Award on Tuesday evening. Read more...

Images of bloodied, aborted fetuses greeted students Tuesday who trekked Bruin Walk, as part of a controversial display brought to campus each year by the anti-abortion group Survivors. Read more...

Students who look forward to having their say on products they purchase on campus will soon have a chance to sit down to discuss their ideas directly with restaurant and store managers. Read more...

A Japanese American who had been forced to enter an internment camp in the 1940s has donated $500,000 to UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center. The center will establish the nation’s first endowed academic chair to focus on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. Read more...