Nonie Darwish, who was born a Muslim and raised in the Gaza Strip, will speak at UCLA today about why she defends Israel and criticizes the extremism of its enemies. Read more...

Forget the Blackberry. Forget the Sidekick. There’s a new device in town. Five years ago, the iPod changed the way we listen to music. Now, Apple may have done it again. Read more...

They move slowly. They eat brains. They smell bad and look even worse. They are zombies. But those aren’t the zombies of director Grace Lee’s new, genre-melding film, “American Zombie,” which premiered Saturday at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Read more...

Though city officials said earlier this year that apron-parking enforcement in North Village would begin this quarter, enforcement has been delayed, most likely until summer. Felicia Brannon, executive director of UCLA Governmental and Community Relations, said city officials had informed her that ticketing would begin at the start of winter quarter. Read more...

In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, President Bush announced a bipartisan agenda that appeals to domestic policies historically associated with the Democratic Party. Read more...

Reynaldo Macías has seen UCLA through the eyes of a student, an educator and publication editor. Now, Macías will see UCLA through the eyes of the dean of social sciences. Read more...