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Most private schools use affirmative action to promote on-campus diversity, but that practice could be altered by an upcoming Supreme Court ruling. The ruling on the University of Michigan’s admissions policy will obviously affect public universities, but because almost all private universities receive federal funds the high court’s ruling would affect them as well. Read more...

That rambling professor who goes on and on about the importance of utilitarianism may seem no more interesting than John Stuart Mill, but he’s got a secret: from time to time, he serves as an expert witness in court. Read more...

Not only is it impossible to see UCLA students bowling in Ackerman Student Union today, but seeing students mix and mingle among the union’s hair salons and post offices is a rare moment, too. Read more...

Three Carson High School students suspected of the alleged rape of a UCLA student during a campus visit in December will be prosecuted as adults, the District Attorney’s office announced earlier this week. Read more...

Though management at the Los Alamos National Laboratory may not have engaged in an actual cover-up attempt, lab officials did not act correctly amid allegations of theft and missing equipment, according to a Department of Energy report released Thursday. Read more...

I’m on the UCLA men’s crew team, and I’m telling you, big things could happen this year. We’ve got the right combination of dynamic coaches and stellar athletes ““ now all we need is a few new boats and oars, a couple new rowing machines, an assistant coach or two, and we seriously could go all the way!  Unfortunately, we just can’t afford it. Men’s crew lost its funding a decade ago and has only survived because of the generosity of alumni and the enormous dedication of its coaches and team members. I, along with every male rower, swimmer, diver, gymnast and wrestler at UCLA, am a victim of Title IX. Read more...