It was just another busy day in the airport, hundreds of travellers going on vacation, coming home, visiting friends. But for fourth-year electrical engineering student Ajish Antony, who is of Asian descent, this was also just another day that he would be reminded of his race ““ reminded he was different. Read more...

A new study by UCLA faculty shows that national college graduation rates are declining and undergraduate students are taking longer to complete their degrees. Researchers from the Higher Education Research Institute compiled data from 262 colleges and universities across the country, finding that 36.4 percent of students who enrolled in fall 1994 graduated in four years. Read more...

The latest chapter in the possible switch to a semester system takes place today as the Academic Senate hosts a town hall meeting featuring speakers from universities that have made the switch. Read more...

A former co-director of the UCLA Drug Policy Analysis Program was convicted Monday of running one of the largest LSD laboratories in history ““ out of an old missile silo. Read more...

Ben Howland has agreed to become the next UCLA head basketball coach, according to several sources. Howland interviewed with UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero on Sunday, and will become the eighth head coach to take the reins of the UCLA program since legendary coach John Wooden retired in 1975. Read more...

As the battles rage on in the Middle East, students and professors at UCLA continue to engage in heated debates on the implications and effectiveness of war. Read more...