Boston Globe Editor Martin Baron plans to address students at UCLA on Friday, speaking on the future of mass media and foreign correspondence. The event is the first in a series of events hosted by the Progressive Jewish Student Association, a group that intends to improve relations between Jews and other national and religious groups. Read more...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a $143 billion budget Wednesday that seeks to eliminate the state’s $5.5 billion deficit through fiscal restraint. The budget provides $103.1 billion for general fund spending and sets aside $2 billion in reserves and for limited spending, as well as imposing cuts on programs such as welfare. Read more...

About 30 UCLA students will learn how to lobby and will promote universal health care in Sacramento next Tuesday during the second annual Universal Health Care Lobby Day. Read more...

Six and a half million Californians were uninsured some time during the previous year, according to the UCLA California Health Interview Survey. Soon, one man hopes to bring that number down to zero. Read more...

UCLA and many other college campuses could be violating freedom of speech laws, according to a recent study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a Philadelphia-based civil liberties group. Read more...

Students now have a new and healthy food alternative on campus. Greenhouse, a health food bar, opened in Ackerman Union on Dec. 11. The restaurant offers organic dining options including a greens station, international foods, a potato bar, pasta and bread choices as well as specialty salads. Read more...

While most students were reveling in the lazy days following fall quarter finals, a minor battle took place on the first floor of Ackerman Union. Insects were discovered in the kitchen of the Sbarro eatery on campus, causing the restaurant to close down for two days in December. Read more...