In an effort to increase knowledge and create an opportunity for discussion, the Latin American Center has scheduled speakers from the three major political parties in this year’s Mexican presidential election to give guest lectures at UCLA. Read more...

Six months after its implementation, a student-initiated fee increase passed last spring seems to have delivered on its promised goals. The PULSE referendum was approved by a majority of voting undergraduate students in May 2005. Read more...

As finals approach, many students are trying to find the most effective ways to study, evaluating what worked and did not work in the past. Appropriately enough, researchers at UC Irvine and University College London are examining which environmental factors best prepare the mind to learn new information as part of a new study on memory. Read more...

Today, UCLA’s Campus Events Commission will present actor Morgan Freeman with an award to honor his lifetime achievement in drama. This year’s Spencer Tracy Award is the first award to be given since 2000, when Jack Lemmon was recognized. Read more...

In a unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that universities must allow military recruiters on campus even if schools oppose the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits openly gay people from serving. Read more...

When Laura Willeford went to Powell Library to research a paper last week, she left feeling frustrated. Willeford, a first-year undeclared student, said she had trouble finding useful sources for her art history paper. Read more...

When Mo Kashmiri graduated from the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law in 2004, he left with $130,000 of debt. But as a result of a ruling in his favor Monday, Kashmiri will likely see a few thousand taken off that amount. Read more...