While many students complain about having to lug around heavy textbooks, some others don’t even have the books they need for school. Student leaders and research professionals gathered Wednesday night in a panel discussion, tackling issues from inadequate resources to the high number of under-credentialed teachers in schools primarily consisting of minority students. Read more...

A major water main broke near the UCLA campus about 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, leaving thousands on campus and across the Westside without water. Jack Powazek, assistant vice chancellor for general services, said the problem had been repaired by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and that the campus water pressure was being restored. Read more...

Group recommends King/Drew oversight change Consultants recommended transferring oversight of troubled Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center from the county health department to an independent board. Read more...

Textbook prices are as outrageous as ever and, as the last year has proven, it will not be an easy battle to reduce book costs. The state Public Interest Research Groups released on Monday a new version of its “Ripoff 101″ report ““ and little has changed since the first report last January. Read more...

As the site of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. and the shooting of two members of the Black Panthers, black history month has special significance to UCLA. Read more...

Thirty-five years after the appointment of the first black president of a major U.S. university, none of the University of California campuses have yet had a black chancellor. Read more...

Events of misfortune and tragedy sometimes unite people to play dodgeball ““ at least that is the hope of about 11 different campus student organizations that have joined efforts to raise money for tsunami victims through a grade-school pastime. Read more...