The NCAA approved the first phase of a landmark academic reform package Tuesday. Had it been implemented at the beginning of this academic year, about 30 percent of Division I football teams would have lost scholarships. Read more...

Parks modifies mayoral campaign team With barely two months before the city’s primary election, Councilman Bernard Parks has replaced the management team of his mayoral campaign, the latest sign of turmoil in his first run for citywide office. Read more...

Repealing or modifying the Expected Cumulative Progress requirement has been a major goal of the Undergraduate Students Association Council for more than a year. But despite being such a high priority, it remains unclear how much progress has been made. Read more...

Undergraduate Students Association Council President Allende Palma/Saracho has sent the wrong message with his most recent committee appointments. Following Palma/Saracho’s lead, a majority of the council approved the Constitutional Review Committee appointments of Budget Review director, Tracy Ohara, Finance Committee chair, Ma Raissa Corella, Community Service commissioner, Crystal Lee, and General Representative, Anneli Villarin. Read more...

Planning for student-initiated courses is well underway, and as early as this spring quarter students may be able to register for courses developed by their fellow students. Read more...

After a long debate and opposition at Tuesday’s undergraduate student government meeting, four students were finally approved and appointed to sit on the Constitutional Review Committee. Read more...

The UCLA International Institute will hold a series of speaker events starting today on issues the media and public may be missing with regard to the South Asian earthquake and tsunamis, including the impacts and reconstruction efforts that will last years beyond the initial wave of donations, as well as the global context of the disaster. Read more...