The weekly meeting of the undergraduate student government Tuesday night overflowed with supporters of the Chicana/o organization MEChA, who were there to protest allegations made by the Bruin Republicans that the organization subscribes to racist views. Read more...

As people nationwide celebrate Black History Month, many of the them overlook the man credited with beginning the annual event. Dr. Carter G. Woodson ““ who was born in 1875 to former slaves and later went on to become the second black person to receive a doctorate degree from Harvard ““ is known as the Father of Black History Month, even though he was no longer alive when the first such celebration was officially recognized. Read more...

As student fees and tuition costs rise across the country, high-priced textbooks exacerbate financial matters for thousands upon thousands of students. But few students know their textbooks don’t have to cost as much as they do. Read more...

UCLA Anderson School of Management Professor Richard Alan Goodman, described as a gentle man who brought energy and innovation to his endeavors, died of cancer Jan. Read more...

From the turbulent Civil Rights and Black Power charged era of the ’60s to the somewhat milder climate of today, Nommo, UCLA’s African American magazine, continues to evolve with the times. Read more...

In all his years at UCLA, Myles Regele, a fourth-year psychobiology student, has never had a class with a black professor. “I can’t believe I’ve never had a black professor,” Regele said. Read more...

Daniel Schorr, a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, will deliver the second annual Daniel Pearl Memorial lecture today on campus. Schorr will address contemporary international affairs, including the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, that pertain to the event’s theme “America and the World: A Conversation with Daniel Schorr.” Schorr said he will discuss similarities between contemporary journalists, including Daniel Pearl and journalists from the earlier Cold War generation, such as himself. Read more...