World AIDS Day: Student groups put attention on AIDS

“Free love,” a term used in the 1960s and 1970s akin to promiscuity, was an ideological norm that would be deemed unacceptable today. In recent years, the number of HIV/AIDS awareness programs and sex education courses has increased, pushing attitudes and sexual behaviors in a more conservative direction. Several student groups have collaborated to organize […]

Schwarzenegger’s back

Incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger was reelected for a second term as governor Tuesday night as support from voters put him thousands of votes ahead of Democratic challenger Phil Angelides. The actor-turned-politician won his first term in 2003 as part of an effort to recall Gray Davis. With 66.3 percent of California precincts reported, Schwarzenegger was declared […]

A Closer Look: Professor seeks stronger U.N.

Michael Intriligator has worked with the United Nations and academics around the world to increase the effectiveness of the international government. Intriligator, a professor emeritus of economics, political science and public policy who has been with UCLA since 1963, has studied the effectiveness of the United Nations and is currently working with an international group […]