Affirmative action doesn’t treat issue Mike Bitondo’s pro-affirmative action column, “Affirmative action needed to balk segregation” (May 21), misses the heart of the issue. Affirmative action might be an appropriate choice ““ if minority students were being denied admission because of their race ““ but this is clearly not the situation. Read more...

Formerly conjoined twins Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa Quiej-Alvarez were flown back to UCLA on Thursday after suffering medical setbacks in Guatemala. The twins, who were once joined at the head, were taken to the Mattel Children’s Hospital, where they had been cared for after separation surgery in August 2002. Read more...

A majority of Americans would prefer more federal funding for education over President Bush’s proposed $550 billion tax cut, according to a recent University of California, Berkeley study. Read more...

Thousands of miles away from the Middle East, few members of the UCLA community have a direct connection with the Iraq conflict. But UCLA alumnus and die-hard Bruin athletics fan Sameer Bakhda does. Read more...

Bake sale misunderstood Because readers could get a false understanding regarding “Affirmative Action Bake Sale, Reloaded,” (News, May 22) let me address some of the quoted comments. Read more...