Monday, May 18


UCLA hosts genocide talks

A conference on the Armenian Genocide held at UCLA on Sunday marked the first time Turkish scholars outside Turkey have challenged their native government’s position on the genocide, organizers said. Read more...


Understanding the true blues

The number of students wearing UCLA gear today may be less than it has been any other Monday of this year’s football season, or at least that’s what sports fan psychologists might predict. Read more...


Provost resigns in inquiry

The University of California’s administrative structure was shaken Friday when Provost M.R.C. Greenwood, the university’s second highest-ranking official, resigned in the midst of an investigation into possible conflicts of interest in two university hiring decisions. Read more...


Housing sign-ups to begin earlier

UCLA Housing has decided that on-campus room sign-up dates will be moved up at least a month to the end of winter quarter, eliciting a litany of concerns about the change from student representatives. Read more...


Bringing memories of the dead to life

As pungent incense spiraled up into the evening sky, dancing UCLA students with painted faces celebrated the lives of their loved ones who have died. Every element of the event, from the incense ““ called “kopal” and native to Mexico ““ to faces half-painted in the image of skeletons, UCLA students and alumni celebrated Día de los Muertos, the traditional Mexican holiday devoted to the dead. Read more...


Politicians size up election

Even though he was the first and only governor to be recalled in California history, Gray Davis was able to joke and laugh about the problems in the recall process at a panel discussion Thursday at UCLA. Read more...