The U.S. Department of Education wants to know all about you. In a disturbing announcement, a research wing of the department has recommended the launch of a national database for the collection of detailed student data to enhance the tracking of academic success, but it’s a dangerous idea. Read more...

No junk food means no extracurriculars at schools The school district’s 5-month-old junk food ban is hitting campuses hard with some losing $1,000 or more a week in funds once used for extracurricular activities. Read more...

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The world-renowned UCLA AIDS Institute is not sitting idly today as it hosts a wide range of events for World AIDS Day. AIDS and HIV are persistent concerns, and UCLA students shouldn’t think they are free from risk. Read more...

Eugene Poole Conser was one of UCLA’s first students and attended the university when it was still located in downtown Los Angeles. Conser passed away Sunday in his Laguna Hills home of natural causes. Read more...

Once a political prisoner in the Soviet Union and now a member of the Israeli Parliament, Natan Sharansky came to UCLA on Tuesday to speak on human rights and democracy in the Middle East. Read more...

PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa””mdash;Philile Ntuli sees the effects of HIV/AIDS every time she goes home. A third-year English and politics student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, Ntuli is a resident of Clermont, a township near the port city of Durban. Read more...