After spending spring semester rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, universities in New Orleans are now opening their doors again, but some faculty will not return and some degree programs will not continue. Read more...

In an effort to curb media piracy, UCLA plans enter a one-year agreement with three digital media vendors who will provide legal downloading services beginning in spring 2006. Read more...

Correction: In “Media impacts Jones’ Web site” (News, Jan. 27), Andrew Jones was misquoted in saying his offer to pay students for information on UCLA professors “may have acted as a cudgel for the overall academic freedom movement.” Actually, he said the offer to pay students may have been a “cudgel against the overall academic freedom movement.” After something explodes, there’s usually a mess to clean up. Read more...

When a study released Tuesday found that ethnic minorities are sorely underrepresented in college coaching positions, we have to admit, we weren’t exactly surprised. Now if only the NCAA would act on the data, that would be a surprise. Read more...

A campaign to change the structure of student government to a senate-based system via a campus-wide special election is underway, following the rejection of the proposal by the Undergraduates Students Association Council Tuesday night. Read more...

The war in Iraq is a noble cause, a way to plant the first seed of democracy in the Middle East. If the U.S. loses in Baghdad, it will be because Americans at home lost the will to continue fighting. Read more...

Cornered by automobiles, engulfed by the musty air of exhaust fumes and the occasional obstacle of traversing around oil puddles, the UCLA Raas team continues to practice past midnight on the top floor of the Sunset Recreation parking lot. Read more...