_While Ally Night marks progress, more should be done to boost LGBT acceptance in UCLA sports_

Although the athletic community is often stigmatized as homophobic and unaccepting of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population, the UCLA Athletics Department took an important step Monday night by hosting Athlete Ally Night.

UCLA economics professor's blog post shifted focus to often-overlooked campus community

The recent outcry over UCLA economics professor Matthew Kahn’s blog post questioning the loyalty of transfer students had one positive effect ““ it shifted the focus to a segment of the UCLA community often overlooked.