Is Big Brother watching you? According to many librarians around the nation, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act that would allow the FBI to access library records to aid investigations have drawn outcries from the American Librarians Association, which is afraid that the government is violating First Amendment rights. Read more...

The Associated Students of UCLA have released a Food Services Master Plan to reinvent the variety and quality of student eateries on campus. The intentions of the plan are good, but it ultimately continues to perpetuate a poor business model which has prevented ASUCLA from both escaping debt and providing cheaper home-grown services. Read more...

The inscription marking the entrance to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. reads, “What is past is prologue.” Eloquent in its simplicity, this reminder should serve as a haunting admonishment for those emboldened to continue protesting military action against Saddam Hussein’s regime. Read more...

Smith is close-minded, not conservatives I find Ryan Smith’s recent column, “Conservatives need to challenge ideas” (Viewpoint, Feb. 3) to be ironic and hypocritical. He is so bent on saying conservatives are close-minded that he fails to realize that he is putting his own assumptions above question. Read more...

The other day, as my 1992 Toyota Tercel started to shudder in the wake of a majestic sport utility vehicle, I finally decided it’s time for a new car. Read more...

At 9 a.m. this morning a bread-breaking ceremony for Whole Foods Market will officially introduce the healthy addition to Westwood Village, welcomed by some and viewed skeptically by others. Read more...