In an unprecedented move, faculty leaders earlier this week voted out their top representative. Dissatisfied with UC Academic Senate Chair Clifford Brunk’s performance, the Academic Senate, which represents faculty at all University of California campuses, voted Monday to remove Brunk as chair. Read more...

Discussion regarding compensation issues dominated Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA, in which committees of the board met in closed sessions and took action on compensation matters including job slotting and executive salaries. Read more...

The undergraduate student government did not vote on proposed changes to the Election Code on Tuesday night as they had planned because of logistical concerns. The council had intended to vote on a number of proposed revisions to the Election Code submitted by General Representative Brian Neesby. Read more...

At its March 10 meeting, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors met with Coke Free Campus, the student coalition seeking the removal of Coca-Cola products from campus, to hear the group’s complaints regarding Coca-Cola’s alleged mistreatment of workers in Columbia. Read more...

In a decision that some have called a victory for students, a court ruling last week ordered the University of California to pay back fee increases to certain professional school students who say the increases violated a contract they had with the UC in the amount of more than $33.8 million. Read more...

Demetrius Greene said he learned even cancer can be the catalyst to make you stronger. Greene had only completed his first year in college before a rare form of Hodgkin’s disease, a type of cancer, caused him to temporarily lose the use of his legs and left arm. Read more...

Panelist Kevin James was struck by the bag checks, metal detectors and visible police presence at a Friday night event about the Danish cartoons that depict the Prophet Muhammad. Read more...