Thirty percent student fee hikes, cuts in outreach, research and student services, the cancellation of expected faculty pay increases ““ all this may be just the beginning of the University of California’s budget crisis. Read more...

When thousands of incoming undergraduate students rushed letters of intent to the admissions office before the May 1 deadline, attending UCLA cost about $1,000 less than it will when those students step on campus for the first time in the fall. Read more...

It’s summertime and the living’s easy – but not as easy as many students taking summer classes at UCLA thought it would be. Students who choose to take regular UCLA classes in one of two condensed six-week sessions often find the classes more intense than classes taken during the regular academic year ““ despite a presumption that summer courses are easier. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly July 17 to add a clause to the faculty code of conduct restricting student-faculty dating. Previously, the UC had a resolution that strongly discouraged faculty from entering into relationships with students by telling them to “avoid any exploitation, harassment or discriminatory treatment of students.” The new amendment explicitly prohibits a relationship of a romantic or sexual nature ““ even if it is consensual. Read more...

With a sense of grim necessity, the University of California Board of Regents voted July 17 to raise student fees by 25 percent to help mitigate state cuts of at least $360 million to the university’s budget. Read more...

Jaime Gutierrez recently broke his ankle. Because he is uninsured, he had to drive 40 miles to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. But he said after waiting for 10 hours, he left without seeing a doctor. Read more...

SANTA MONICA “”mdash; Hundreds of mourners stood quietly at the intersection of Third Street and Arizona Avenue on Saturday, braving the noonday sun to attend a ceremony commemorating 10 victims killed by a car that drove through the farmers’ market there July 16. Read more...