Saturday, May 16


UC suffers increased cuts with new budget

The University of California’s financial situation went from bad to worse this past week when Gov. Gray Davis signed an overdue budget Saturday that cut $410 million in funding to the university, approximately $111 million more than UC officials were anticipating. Read more...



Online exclusive: Assembly approves budget; cuts to UC deeper than expected

After weeks of deadlock and political squabbling, the California Assembly passed a budget Tuesday that spells out $410 million in cuts to the University of California ““ cuts that will most likely lead to funding slashes in all UC non-instructional programs, increases in student fees and enrollment growth caps for the 2004-2005 academic year. Read more...




Recall election set for Oct. 7

Less than a year after being voted into office, Gov. Gray Davis has begun campaigning for election again ““ this time to save his job. With a date for the recall election to replace the governor set for Oct. Read more...