By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The push for a Latino regent and UC Riverside chancellor heated up on Wednesday when a public session at the Board of Regents meeting broke out into a shouting match. Read more...

By Dorothy Augustyniak Daily Bruin Contributor The Bush administration is currently considering a proposal to strictly monitor college graduation rates, and some higher education officials do not like the way the plan is developing. Read more...

USAC petitions against costs As part of the “No More Increase in Student Fees” campaign, the Undergraduate Students Association Council has started petitioning to end increases in parking fees and for the University to fund the costs of BruinGo! Read more...

  Prospective civil engineering students and parents watch intently as professor Harold Kasper shows them a concrete cylinder used to test structural strengths. By Wendy Su Daily Bruin Contributor About 700 prospective engineering students and their families gathered Sunday at the School of Engineering for an open house. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Steve "V," a member of the organization "Chicos from Tusan," was one of the many people participating in the protest against Taco Bell. Read more...

  ROSETTE GONZALES Corey Nasario, who has served time in a California facility, and the group FACTS, want to amend the three strikes law. By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor Opponents of California’s three strikes law rallied and marched through Westwood Saturday, calling for reform to legislation they call cruel and unusual punishment that targets poor and under-represented citizens. Read more...

By Sabrina Singhapattanapong Daily Bruin Contributor Having to pay more to hire temporary nurses to combat California’s ongoing nursing shortage, the UCLA Medical Center has had to lean on its main funding sources, such as insurance companies, Medicare and Medi-Cal, just to break even and not lose money. Read more...