That all but three offices will go uncontested is not the only unique facet of the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election. This year's contest is taking place in a condition of funding scarcity that may seem like familiar territory for a country steeped in recession, but is new ground for UCLA's student government. Read more...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to prevent college student interest rates from doubling. Read more...

The University of California system has always prided itself in the diversity found throughout its campuses. Yet beneath this desire for diversity lies a misrepresentation of many ethnic groups because of broad racial and ethnic categorization found on the UC undergraduate application. Read more...

Last year, the University of California system faced the largest funding cut from the state, in percentage terms, since the Great Depression, according to Todd Greenspan, director of academic planning at the UC Office of the President. The year before that, tuition surpassed state contributions as the primary funding source for the UC. Read more...

Our upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, already marked by the withdrawal of several organizations from the Students First! coalition, are starting on an unnecessarily factional tone. Read more...