The Cooperage’s makeover will be costlier than originally planned, according to the ASUCLA board of directors. The board voted Friday to approve an increase in the budget for the Cooperage remodeling project, from $2.5 million to $3.5 million. Read more...

Last year was both a sobering and progressive year for civil rights activists striving to advance the legalization of same-sex marriages across the United States, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA Law School. Read more...

Undergraduate students labor for four or five years and pay tens of thousands of dollars all to be handed a degree, but what these coveted certificates actually give students varies greatly. Read more...

Westwood commuters may have come one step closer to traffic relief this week as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials lobbied the California Transportation Commission to widen the 405 Freeway near Sepulveda Boulevard. Read more...

Legal experts plan to gather today for a daylong conference at UCLA’s Williams Institute to announce the creation of a new chair focusing on sexual-orientation law and policy, the first of its kind in the nation. Read more...

Studies show that when children are asked to draw a picture of a scientist, they will most likely draw a male figure in a white lab coat. Read more...

A month after his death, journalist Hrant Dink will be commemorated Sunday afternoon in Dodd Hall in a program called “Hrant Dink: His Legacy and His Challenge ““ A Tribute.” Dink, founder and editor in chief of Agos, a Turkish-Armenian newspaper published in Turkey, was murdered by teenager Ogun Samsast in front of the Agos office on Jan. Read more...