When singer-songwriter Stacey Capoot mistakenly wandered into a Spring Sing talent meeting last February, it was a good thing she had something prepared. “Actually, I didn’t even plan on auditioning. Read more...

Students put paper bags with the phrases “erasing diversity” and “person of color access denied” over their heads during a rally Thursday afternoon in protest of what they see as the ineffective “color blind” UC admissions policy. Read more...

Julien D’Avanzo didn’t care about schoolwork all that much. He didn’t always pay his fraternity dues. And he’d often skip sleep on a school night to chat with a floormate. Read more...

It was late April. Motorists were incensed with the rapidly climbing price of gasoline. Industry analysts predicted the price would decline soon, but meanwhile, oil companies were recording huge profits ““ and drawing fire for it from politicians and average Joes alike. Read more...

UC officials and those involved in the search for the next chancellor have not confirmed or denied a report in the Los Angeles Times that named Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University, the sole remaining candidate to replace Chancellor Albert Carnesale. Read more...

In the hours after UCLA student Julien D’Avanzo’s death early Thursday morning, one of his closest friends decided to take his mourning online. “I got back to my room, and that was the only thing that I could think to do,” said Erick Magana, a second-year English student who described D’Avanzo as “one of my best friends.” Magana created the “In Memory of Julien Bukkake D’Avanzo” group on Facebook to give D’Avanzo’s friends and family an outlet to grieve for their friend and celebrate his life. Read more...