Sunday, August 16

In the news:

Something about E. coli outbreak stinks: legislators

Over the course of the last few days, we have seen the caustic effect that E. coli has had not only on an important California industry (spinach growers), but on the lives of Americans across the country who have been hospitalized and even killed by this bacterial infection. Read more...


Holistic review keeps evaluators fully informed

Related Links Application review may be restructured The changing face of UCLA diversity School to adopt UC Berkeley’s “˜holistic’ approach With this month’s arrival of the Class of 2010 and the news of its dismal lack of diversity, it is fitting that the Daily Bruin address the issue of UCLA’s admissions process and the recent proposal for its reform. Read more...





Transparency over opacity

Members of the United Nations and students at UCLA have achieved a strange parallel in recent months. Both institutions are in the midst of choosing new leadership, one searching for a new secretary-general and the other a new chancellor. Read more...