Twenty-three percent of students who were ninth-graders in 1999 completed all the classes necessary to get into the University of California and the California State University systems, according to a report issued by an education policy organization. Read more...

Chancellor Albert Carnesale announced a plan Thursday to launch a $250 million fund-raising campaign over a five-year period to attract and retain prestigious professors and graduate students at UCLA. Read more...

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Rushing through De Neve Plaza on the way to class, students may miss the chance to buy that dose of caffeine that will keep them awake ““ because they may not know there is a coffee stand nearby. Read more...

One current and one former UCLA gymnast will be vying for their respective countries’ national titles this weekend. This weekend’s results will either bring them a step closer to 2004 Olympic bids or cause their aspirations to come crashing to a halt. Read more...

James Yamazaki has a lot of stories to tell. Yamazaki, a professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, served as a combat surgeon in Europe during World War II. Read more...

Just when students had begun to slip into complacency ““ it was two weeks before spring break and the men’s basketball team was in a five-game losing slump ““ UCLA was shaken by the news of something so bizarre it would remind the community that absurdity really does trump predictability. Read more...