The chairman of the University of California Board of Regents plans to step down from his position as head of a troubled software firm. Regent John Moores will resign as chairman of San Diego-based Peregrine Systems on Saturday, pending court approval of an agreement reached with creditors toward the settlement of Peregrine’s bankruptcy case. Read more...

Amid a bustling day at the Farmers’ Market is an elderly yet lively Italian man yelling, “Get your strawberries! It’s strawberry time ““ no chemicals!” It isn’t just the fresh crop of strawberries attracting shoppers to his tent, it’s the good-natured demeanor displayed by this man which is characteristic of the entire market. Read more...

The academic challenges of college are pretty constant as the quarters progress, but starting next term, a helping hand may not be as readily available to the many students looking for one. Read more...

A committee is subsidiary to a legislative body, not independent of it. Legislative bodies retain jurisdiction over the proceedings of a committee, not vice versa. Adam Pearlman, the rookie facilities commissioner, was wrong when he voted against the proposed increases in groups’ budgets Tuesday on the basis that the budget proceedings went too fast and Council’s role in the budget should be one of mostly oversight only. Read more...

In the time it takes you to read this sentence, a child will have died of malaria somewhere in the developing world. In the time it takes you to read this column, five children will have died from measles somewhere in the developing world. Read more...

If you sift through UCLA’s parking applications, you’ll find a disproportionately high amount of students reside with “relatives” who conveniently live just far enough away from campus to warrant a parking pass. Read more...