Friday, July 17

Subsidized bus program halves Metro fares

With the fall quarter about to begin and gas prices at all-time highs, Transportation Services is offering a pilot program with the city’s Metro bus line in an effort to promote the use of alternative modes of transportation. Read more...


Push for diversity requirement continues

If you’re an incoming freshman, the fight for the diversity requirement at UCLA may be older than you are. Student supporters of a general education diversity requirement have fought for the past 18 years to get the requirement implemented, but after failing yet again in a faculty vote last fall, campaigners are turning up their volumes. Read more...


Students forge fight for same-sex marriage

By Melinda Dudley BRUIN Senior Staff [email protected] In the weeks after the California Legislature passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, and while awaiting the governor’s promised veto of the measure, student advocates say they are disappointed but will continue to fight for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. Read more...



The Daily Bruin ““ it’s all about you

Do you know what RedEye is? You could be excused if you didn’t. I sure didn’t, until this summer. RedEye is a fairly new, 25 cent tabloid in Chicago that defines its mission as: “To deliver a distinctive and credible daily news report ““ in a concise, commuter friendly format ““ that informs, entertains, interests, provokes and is relevant to Chicago’s young city dwellers.” That actually sounds something like The Daily Bruin’s mission statement ““ except for maybe the part about Chicago and being “commuter friendly.” But that’s about where the similarities end. Read more...


Academic blogs offer political insight

Eugene Volokh has something of an alter ego. When he’s not discussing the intricacies of legal issues in the classroom, the UCLA law professor turns to the Internet, where his audience is far greater. Read more...


Dining services expects to meet needs

With the two new residential plazas ““ Rieber Vista and Hedrick Summit ““ completed and ready for residents to move in for the fall quarter, more students will be living on campus. Read more...