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SAN FRANCISCO "”mdash; In its second day of meetings Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents spent the majority of the day discussing budgetary concerns. On the heels of Monday's announcement from California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed's that the CSU will cut 10,000 enrollment slots for the 2009-2010 academic year, the Regents also debated enrollment limits in the face of state budget cuts. After heated discussion, the board voted 8-2 to approve some limitations, though no specific numbers were decided. Read more...

At first glance, the story line seems almost familiar. He left his hometown in Hunan just after high school, at the same time as other young people in his town. He arrived in a new city, lived in dorms and spent four years on a large campus with thousands of others dressed in matching blue shirts. Read more...

My cousin Alex and I like to play a kind of translation game, challenging each other to come up with concise ways to express Chinese idioms in English. Sometimes, we agree there are no good substitutes. Read more...

Going abroad can be an exciting and rewarding experience for students. But there are so many opportunities abroad for Bruins, it can be overwhelming to decide which program to choose, what country to go to and how to prepare. Read more...

The Student Judicial Board heard closing arguments Wednesday in the case of Lipkin and Huddy v. Roth pertaining to the legality of Office Space Allocation Committee bylaw changes proposed by Facilities Commissioner Galen Roth. Read more...

"I wonder if there's protocol for this in the Daily Bruin's ethics policies," I thought as I squatted in front of a numerologist whom I had just handed 20 yuan so that he would answer some questions about the factory compound behind him. Read more...