As students across the country grapple with issues surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, educators too are engaged in discussions about how to approach the difficult subject. Read more...

Missing intern Chandra Levy, shark attacks, Michael Jordan and an earthquake were the some of the stories capturing the attention of the UCLA community on Sept. Read more...

When third-year law student Vicki Steiner came face-to-face with a cow at a zoo in Chicago, she vowed never to consume animal products again. “I couldn’t help but make a connection with this beautiful creature and what we call “˜meat,'” Steiner said. Read more...

Robert Berdahl, chancellor at UC Berkeley, spoke out against the Racial Privacy Initiative last week. But our chancellor, Albert Carnesale, still has not. In taking a stand against Regent Ward Connerly’s proposed RPI, Berdahl has strengthened his position as a campus leader and supported the views expressed by many of his students. Read more...

Merchants who want to see Westwood as it was when the Village was so busy during the weekends it was known as “Times Square West” remain frustrated with the board advocating their interests and believe it needs to be reorganized. Read more...

Ward Connerly has suggested the board of regents conduct an external audit of the effects of comprehensive review on admissions policy. This is not surprising. Comprehensive review, used to admit the freshman class of 2002-03, allows the university to look at things such as personal challenges and life experience, which often define a person’s potential better than academic statistics alone, under the new admission policy. Read more...

With the possibility of more work stoppages in the future, lecturers, clerical employees and nurses will strike this week at UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President in Oakland. Read more...