As fires sweep across Southern California, members of the UCLA community should take the time to put their lives ““ and this tragedy ““ into perspective. Read more...

Adheesh Bhagat, a first-year computer science and engineering student, scored what he believed was a disappointing 37 out of 59 on his chemistry midterm. “I had been expecting at least an A-minus,” he said. Read more...

The undergraduate student government at UCLA has been grappling over whether the council should fund politically or religiously based student groups for several years. The Undergraduate Students Association Council may be the only student government in the University of California system that does not fund independent groups. Read more...

Students pausing for coffee breaks between their classes can now check their e-mails and surf the Internet while they are in the North Campus area. The Associated Students of UCLA responded to student requests for increasing Internet access on campus. Read more...

For some people, winning comes naturally. Just ask UCLA graduate student Paul J. da Silva. He received first place and a prize of $10,000 in the 49th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Competition, improving on the third-place award he secured in the same competition last year. Read more...

A report released Friday provided an answer in kind to a report that sparked the controversy over UC Berkeley’s admissions process. The new report emphasized the importance of comprehensive review and stated findings that Berkeley students with low SAT scores were generally successful in school. Read more...