Problems logging on to the University Records System Access Web site complicated an already frustrating process for some students enrolling in spring-quarter classes last week. Upon attempting to log on to URSA late last week, some students reported receiving a message stating that the maximum number of students were already logged on to the server. Read more...

One hundred and seventy-five lawyers, law students and advocates rose to their feet and roared with applause in a small lecture hall at the UCLA School of Law on Friday, in response to the Williams Institute’s “Fifth Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy” keynote address on the status of policy regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Read more...

In an example of the rapid expansion of stem cell research in the state of California, USC announced late last week plans to build a new stem cell research institute on its health sciences campus. Read more...

In the basement of Young Research Library, there is a place where books are pieces of history. A catalogue from the early 1900s touts masks depicting stereotypes of ethnic groups and races: Italians, Japanese, Jews. Read more...

Students and faculty interested in studying race and ethnicity in politics will now have more opportunities to do research and fieldwork in that area. The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics under the Institute for Social Science Research, which is aimed at providing these possibilities, is set to officially open today. Read more...

While a Baroque concert might be overlooked by many patrons of popular music, such a rarity still exists ““ thanks to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini and master cellist and UCLA Professor Elisabeth Le Guin. Read more...

Shoes and boxes litter the floor, making it virtually impossible to take a step without trampling a pair of Reeboks, All Stars or flip-flops. Throughout the Copeland Sports section of the UCLA Store, dozens of students crowd around the 75-percent-off signs in a chaotic mix of grabbing shoes, flinging boxes and squeezing past the long lines to the register. Read more...