As state legislators begin reviewing Gov. Gray Davis’ budget proposal, lobbyists representing all types of groups will try to ensure that they get a larger piece of the pie. Read more...

Today Bruins will be able to frolic and play in the Eskimo way as the Student Alumni Association brings snow into Bruin Plaza. Although snow in Los Angeles has not occurred since a half-inch trickle in 1962, SAA is breaking that trend in its own way by giving campus a touch of what real winter is like for a day. Read more...

Raised by a Vietnamese Buddhist mother, Amie McCampbell never felt alienated from Buddhism. An altar with the Buddha’s likeness permanently sat in her parents’ home, she attended pagodas and wore a necklace with a tiny gold Buddha for years during high school. Read more...

Despite pledges by university officials to protect the quality of education, the declining quantity of teaching assistants in some departments suggests the contrary. “We’ve gone from a time where almost any professor with a legitimate need for a teaching assistant received one, to a time where that’s just not a reality anymore,” said Kathy Bawn, associate professor and vice chair of political science undergraduate studies at UCLA. Read more...

Merchants and community organizers have pushed for the presence of foot police in Westwood, but their desires are prissy and excessive. The impetus behind the requests were two attempted burglaries in the Westwood Professional Building last month, along with merchants’ continued distaste for the homeless. Read more...

Finally UCLA academics are showing some character. The College of Letters & Science’s one- and two-unit Fiat Lux seminars allow UCLA students to branch out from the mundane conventions of academia. Read more...

Governor should not ignore will of voters You end your editorial with the comment that we should be pleased that a politician “follows his heart instead of his wallet.”Â (“Gov. Read more...