The NCAA has unveiled a complicated “academic progress” formula in an attempt to tighten academic standards and increase the graduation rate of student-athletes. But the new system unfairly punishes teams for the actions of individuals and ignores important factors which may skew the analysis. Read more...

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Wireless tech talk to happen at UCLA today An event focusing on the future of wireless technology and its effects on the entertainment industry will he held today in Covel Commons. Read more...

It was right at the moment when the pre-revolutionary colonists and the British Empire came to a diplomatic impasse and the only option left was a bloody civil war that I realized, in my chain-smoke-and-red-wine-driven pre-final all-night marathon cramming session, that I’m graduating after this. Read more...

In the two weeks following the closure of the Hilgard Avenue bus terminals on weekends and the shortening of weekday service hours, some members of the UCLA community say they have been inconvenienced by the Big Blue Bus service changes, while others say they have not been affected. Read more...

The three musicians met late one January afternoon at a café in Hollywood after finding each other on Craigslist. Daniel Gall, an undergraduate music student, had a proposition for the two strangers, sisters Claire and Anna Temin: He wanted to compose a piece for their local ensemble, Rue 22, to play. Read more...

Forget the usual culture shocks that students experience abroad ““ just participating in family dinners every night can be a novel cultural experience for an American student learning economics in Korea. Read more...