History Professor Gabriel Piterberg is against the war in Iraq. He participated in the March 5, 2003 walkout and has spoken against the U.S. occupation at a number of teach-ins and events. Read more...

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Our university’s incredible array of extracurricular student activities provide nearly unlimited opportunities for students to extend their educations beyond the classroom. These activities, funded by student fees, also promote the university’s three-pronged mission of teaching, service and research. Read more...

What do you think about finals’ starting on Friday instead of Monday? Brandon Foster Fifth-year, mathematics and computer science “I feel fine about it since I’m not affected by the situation. Read more...

Right before Iran’s seventh parliamentary elections in February, two reformist journals, Shargh and Yase No, were illegally shut down while the Iranian judiciary ordered the filtering of some pro-reform Web sites. Read more...

“Cracker!” “Nazi!” “Asshole!” “Get off my land, you white racist!” “Go back to England/Germany/Russia!” “Hell yeah, we wanna take back our land!” “Exploiter!” “Foreign gringo invader!” “Baby killers!” Is this the obscenely long-named sequel to the UCLA comedy trio “N*gger W*tback Ch*nk”? Read more...

In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case Keyishian v. Board of Regents, affirmed that “our Nation is deeply committed to safeguarding academic freedom, which is of transcendent value to all of us, and not merely to the teachers concerned, (and) that the vigilant protection of constitutional freedom is nowhere more vital than in the community of American schools.” Today, more than three decades later, the freedom the Supreme Court so forcefully upheld is under attack ““ right here in the University of California. Read more...