If the message was not clear before, the department heads of the UCLA College are making sure their message about UCLA’s graduate programs are now heard loud and clear by the administration: The governor’s proposed cuts without adequate compensation from the university is unacceptable. Read more...

As UCLA students return to campus for the start of spring quarter, record-breaking gasoline prices are squeezing their pocketbooks. (As if outlandishly high textbook prices and Governor Schwarzenegger’s fee hikes weren’t enough of a burden on students’ limited finances.) Gas prices, which have risen to a record national average of $1.80, have also sparked fierce rhetoric from President Bush and Sen. Read more...

UCLA students will have the opportunity to speak today with a former candidate for California governor in the recall election. And no, it’s not Gary Coleman. Read more...

WWII-era mortar shells found on Bay Area beach SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; A woman walking her dog at a local beach last weekend discovered two unexploded mortar shells, police said. Read more...

THI DAO/Daily Bruin Taking a spring break | Jenna Barto, a fourth-year psychology student, Lauren Sonneman, a fourth-year sociology student, and Lyndsay Campbell, a fourth-year world arts and cultures student, enjoy the early spring weather. Read more...

Diversity requirement essential for UCLA The Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity wishes as strongly as possible to support the implementation of a diversity requirement. We commend the undergraduate council for launching a proposal last year, and we support the efforts of the Academic Affairs Commission to advance a diversity requirement at UCLA, the only University of California campus lacking one. Read more...