Tuesday, May 5

GSA discusses genocide, AB 550

The Graduate Students Association discussed a wide range of issues at its first forum meeting of the quarter, passing resolutions recognizing the Armenian Genocide and establishing the Graduate Student Resource Center. Read more...


Web sites aid in apartment search

When Nazila Mokarram learned she was accepted to UCLA’s Ph.D. program, she was not only ecstatic, but also worried about where she would live. Unlike the average UCLA student, Mokarram came from Iran. Read more...



Campus tour season begins

Newly admitted and prospective students have taken over the campus. With acceptance letters in, and statements of intent to register waiting to be mailed out, April is the biggest month for tours at UCLA. Read more...



Letters to the editor

Professors have the right to opine It disgusts me that some students here think professors should be forbidden from voicing their political opinions for the fear that it might infect the students.  In that case, parents shouldn’t preach their political views at the dinner table, and political analysts should not be on television. Read more...


Faculty has right, duty to offer opinions

Academics are often accused of living in an ivory tower of ephemeral debate and abstract thinking with little connection to the real world. Yet, when the UCLA Academic Senate voted Monday to officially oppose preventive war, a public argument erupted over the right of professors to display overtly political opinions. Read more...