Students with enhanced interest in foreign affairs finally have an outlet for discussion in the newly formed Undergraduate International Relations Society. After over a year of delays due to financing obstacles and problems finding an adviser, the organization was founded to give students an opportunity to debate international issues. Read more...

Four weeks after the death of Cynthia Rabuy, a highly involved student leader on campus, the Associated Students of UCLA passed a resolution in recognition of her contributions to the UCLA community on Friday. Read more...

An apparent hate crime committed last week at the UCLA Medical Center did not go unanswered by the surrounding community. Representatives from the university, government agencies and various organizations spoke at a press conference Friday to express their solidarity and determination to apprehend the perpetrators of the act. Read more...

Campus safety and accessibility to UCLA facilities are issues that affect every student at the university, and Tutram Nguyen, Sonia Sylls and Albert Farias, are competing for a chance to address these issues next year as the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s facilities commissioner. Read more...

Protesters targeted six UCLA scientists, who conduct research on primates and other animals, in this week’s events organized by the UCLA Students for Animal Liberation. The demonstrations, which were part of the annual World Week for Animals in Laboratories, included protests on campus as well as at the homes of the animal researchers. Read more...

Assembly speaker Herb Wesson proposed $179 million in higher education cuts Wednesday as part of a proposal to compromise with Republicans over the state budget. Wesson’s proposal of cuts and borrowing would have decreased the state’s deficit to somewhere between $8 and $13 billion, but it was rejected on the same day by Republican leaders. Read more...