Zwan “Mary, Star of the Sea” Reprise/Warner Bros. Hey, remember the Smashing Pumpkins? No, not that bizarre mumu-wearing gothic melodrama factory that put out “MACHINA/The Machines of God.” I’m talking about the real Pumpkins, the band that rocked our 13-year-old lives with jangly-guitared anthems like “Today,” “Mayonaise” and “Tonight, Tonight.” Well, there are those of us who haven’t forgotten them, one of whom seems to be Billy Corgan himself. Read more...

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The search for a successor to outgoing University of California President Richard Atkinson may not only yield a new president ““ it may also make history. Read more...

Prospective medical and law students might be better off taking their standardized tests away from the poorly-rated UCLA campus, according to a nationwide survey on testing facilities. Read more...

In a remote classroom in the Engineering IV building, Sam Phan and Robert Lobbia were busy building models of space shuttles and rockets Monday afternoon. The mood is more solemn than it was last week, Lobbia said, but the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday will not deter these fifth-year aerospace engineering students, and co-presidents of the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics, from pursuing their lifelong dreams of working in the aerospace industry. Read more...

Courtney Ellis is able to attend a botany class at UCLA by commuting from Palmdale and Mission Hills, but unlike every other UCLA student she will never have to worry about parking because she can’t drive. Read more...