For those of us who read George Orwell’s utopian nightmare “1984” in euphoria, Week 6 at UCLA was a grand display. The campus brimmed with animated student activists who sought to enlist the support of their peers in a radical movement toward totalitarianism. Read more...

Financial aid is a crucial part of the national college education equation, serving as an investment in the future by allowing students from all backgrounds to attend even the most expensive and prestigious universities. Read more...

Brandon Reilly seemed like the perfect college candidate. He had a 4.2 GPA, he was the opinions editor of his high school newspaper, and he was a leader in his church youth group. Read more...

As wildfires torched California, advocates of President George Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative” renewed calls for tree-thinning measures designed to help prevent damaging forest fires. The House of Representatives and Senate recently passed bills that would lead to thinning by revising U.S. Read more...

Two weeks ago, UCLA students rallied with strikers at the Westwood Ralphs and showed their support at an informational forum on the Hill. One week ago, the supermarket union moved strikers from Ralphs locations to Vons and Albertsons stores. Read more...

Veterans Day is a celebration of those who served their country, but one local veteran looks at the Nov. 11 holiday not with pride, but bitterness. Read more...