President Bush nominated 50-year old John Roberts Jr., a federal appellate judge, to the one vacant seat on the United States Supreme Court Tuesday evening, a decision which many think will tip the court just a little more to the right. Read more...

Only three days remain until University of California nurses are scheduled to strike statewide, but no negotiations with the UC have taken place since the union passed a strike vote July 7. Read more...

Six University of California chancellors unanimously decided on Wednesday to end their campuses’ participation in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a move they believe will result in a fairer evaluation of all students for other merit-based scholarships and a more level playing field on which underrepresented and low-income students can compete. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents will vote this week on a package of fee increases for UC professional school students that would result in fees rising thousands of dollars. Read more...

For the past couple of weeks, news stations, newspapers and magazines have all been reporting the recent announcement that Sandra Day O’Connor has retired as a Supreme Court justice. Read more...

Last this editorial board checked, the University of California is a public university system. That means affordable education for all Californians. But apparently, the UC Board of Regents have a different definition of “public.” This week, cloistered in the secluded meeting rooms of UC San Francisco, the regents will decide whether to raise student fees for the third consecutive year. Read more...

Beginning next year, UCLA students can have their community service and leadership accomplishments recorded and validated in a service transcript, for use when applying for jobs or to professional and graduate schools. Read more...