Though the Go Westwood Web site was deactivated in February, university officials and student leaders are finding other ways to promote a closer relationship between students and Westwood Village. Read more...

Calls for the resignation of UC President Robert Dynes by state legislators earlier this month was not the first time that state government officials have tried to influence the UC’s decisions. Read more...

Troy Isaac knew his campaign would be an uphill battle. Isaac, a former independent candidate for Undergraduate Students Association Council president and a third-year political science student, spent more money on his campaign than any slate and still ended up with only 17.25 percent of the vote ““ not enough to make it to this week’s runoff elections. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents meets every other month with little fanfare, but when the regents meet this week, more eyes than usual will likely be focused on them. Read more...

University officials have probably been more than a little uncomfortable this week leading up to today’s Board of Regents meeting. The meeting ““ which takes place in San Francisco and runs until Thursday ““ is the fourth since news broke in the fall of the university’s questionable compensation practices for officials, professors and top executives. Read more...

Hundreds of men and women at UCLA aren’t ashamed to hang their laundry out for all to see. For some, hanging clothes may be nothing more than a chore, but for others, it is a step toward healing. Read more...

It’s not every day that a speaker at UCLA is met with as much opposition as Shirin Ebadi was Monday night. Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace laureate, came to UCLA to speak of her new book, “Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.” She said in Iran, the life of a woman is worth half that of a man, while the age of criminal responsibility is amazingly low. Read more...