Have you seen how the Los Angeles Times does it?”
“The Orange County Register does this cool thing where
…” “It just doesn’t seem very
professional.”
Far too often in the last few years I heard conversations that
included phrases like these.

High above the bustle of campus, in labs on the top stories of
the Factor Building, scientists from the UCLA AIDS Institute
conduct some of the world’s most advanced HIV research.

Professor Michael Dukakis knows everybody’s name.
He’s an engaging teacher, teasing the answers out of his
students even when they don’t quite know what to say.

As Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller waits to hear if he will be
allowed to continue as director of UCLA Hillel, the Los Angeles
Jewish community pays close attention to the fate of one of its
most important ““ and controversial ““ figures.

Clark Kerr, the University of California president for much of
the tumultuous 1960s whose model for higher education redefined the
mission and purpose of universities across the country and
throughout the world, has died.

As wildfires torched California, advocates of President George
Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative” renewed calls
for tree-thinning measures designed to help prevent damaging forest
fires. The House of Representatives and Senate recently passed
bills that would lead to thinning by revising U.S.

Early in the summer, the United States Anti-Doping Agency sent
Dr. Don Catlin a used syringe.
The needle was given to the USADA by an anonymous “high
profile” track and field coach concerned that athletes might
be using a mysterious performance-enhancing drug.

The first thing that stands out about John Wooden’s condo
is that it’s ordinary.
Tucked away on a quiet Encino street corner in the shadow of the
Ventura freeway, it’s the sort of place you’d expect to
find a young family ““ not the man who is widely
considered the greatest college basketball coach in history.

Have you seen the My.UCLA forums lately?
They’ve really got something for everyone. Students use
them to buy and sell textbooks, look for roommates, debate who the
next president should be and argue over the situation in the Middle
East.

On Sept. 11, 2001, two of the world’s largest buildings
came crashing to the ground. Debris fell from the sky, covering
entire blocks of New York City ““ and some elementary
schools.