Every year, the Undergraduate Students Association Council receives about $2 million in student fees, and most students – the people who pay those fees – have little to no idea where the money goes. Read more...

Living away from home is one of the most challenging aspects of your typical freshman year. Now imagine you could take that challenge, but add daily support from people who share your interests and experiences. Read more...

Photo: The Gender, Sexuality, and Society theme community is located on the third floor of De Neve Acacia and caters to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual, queer or questioning and allied students.

For three academic quarters out of the year, Public Affairs 4317 is a normal classroom, part of the California Center for Population Research. But for the past two summers, it has been transformed into something very different. Read more...

Photo: As part of the Startup UCLA accelerator, 11 teams of entrepreneurs traveled to the San Francisco area.

Californians don’t like to be left in the dark. Since the 1960s, the state legislature has passed a number of bills to help keep our public institutions accountable. Read more...

It’s a Thursday night, and you’re walking from your friend’s apartment on Gayley to yours on Kelton. It’s dark, it’s late and you think someone may be following you. You’re scared. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Internal Vice President’s Office is planning a smartphone application to help address the problem of campus safety. The application is supposed to consist of a button that immediately alerts the University of California Police Department when it is pressed. Above, a photo of an application developed by Guardly, a company the IVP is considering partnering with.

First impressions are the blueprints of how we judge, act and respond to others. And those impressions are very difficult to change. On Friday, a small group of student leaders at UCLA will have the opportunity to make a first impression on University of California President Janet Napolitano, who is making her way to various UC campuses in the first weeks of her presidency. Read more...

Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano is scheduled to visit UCLA on Friday.