The Undergraduate Students Association Council made the right decision to postpone a resolution Tuesday that could open up funding for dozens of independent student groups ““ many of which have inherently religious or political missions. Read more...

Among the mass of student groups vying for your attention on Bruin Walk, have you ever noticed the Poor Student Union? Have you heard the chants of hundreds of students at UCLA proclaiming “We are the deprived” or someone at UCLA actually saying that they are not from the middle class? Read more...

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When first-year psychology student David Johnson and his roommates were found with alcohol in their room, they received a sanction of 10 hours of community service and a questionnaire to fill out after completing an Alcohol 101 CD-ROM program. Read more...

Though Gov. Gray Davis proposed to chop university outreach funding in half earlier this year, University of California officials are optimistic the final cuts will not be that painful. Read more...

The Student Initiated Outreach Committee will face a cut of a third of its funding next year because of statewide budget cuts. Now the SIOC worries that Chancellor Albert Carnesale will use state cuts to justify cutting the University of California Office of the President’s contribution to the committee, leaving the organization with less than 50 percent of its current budget, said SIOC chairwoman Leilani Downing. Read more...

Educational outreach has played an important role in creating diversity at the University of California for more than 40 years. But outreach programs have never been more crucial to maintaining the system’s commitment to diversity than in the past eight years, when the passing of anti-affirmative action policies resulted in a noticeable drop in minority enrollment. Read more...