Activists around California will launch a week of demonstrations and rallies today to remove Ward Connerly from the University of California Board of Regents. The campaign organizers, the national and UC Berkeley chapters of By Any Means Necessary, say Connerly, a long-time critic of affirmative action, has used his position as UC regent to further his political agenda. Read more...

This week’s meeting of the University of California Board of Regents at UCLA marks the only time the board will visit an undergraduate campus this year, and an opportunity student organizers are making sure they don’t waste. Read more...

Today, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be inaugurated governor of California. He takes the reins of a state in crisis, and will need to demonstrate willingness to make compromises and accommodate the central role of Democrats in California politics. Read more...

Coming from an area where few students attend four-year universities, David Luna strived for higher education. In high school, a student one year older than Luna made a lasting impression on him by attending Harvard University. Read more...

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies program will host its fifth annual QGRAD Conference on Saturday, which allows graduate students to present essays they have written on gender issues and sexual orientation. Read more...

Her daily schedule includes computer programming and upper division psychology classes, volunteering with the Chicanos for Community Medicine, and preparing for the MCAT. But third-year psychology student Elizabeth Barrera somehow also finds the time to intern at a local high school. Read more...

More than three dozen college presidents and chancellors are set to make more than $500,000 this year. Though University of California President Robert Dynes and UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl are on the list, the UC continues to lag significantly behind comparable schools in executive pay packages. Read more...