The University of California has long had a defined-benefit pension plan for its employees. This type of plan provides a monthly income for retirees based on age at retirement, years of university service and earnings history. Read more...

All cultures equal in diversity In response to Eligio Martinez’s view that the failure of the diversity requirement is an indication of racism and a rejection of his history and culture (“What’s next for the diversity requirement?” Jan. Read more...

With the new year upon us, the Daily Bruin sat down with UCLA Anderson School of Mangement forecaster Michael Bazdarich to determine the most important fiscal issues facing the United States in 2005. Read more...

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I worry too much about money this time of the year. There are tuition and housing payments, loads of groceries and school materials to buy. And then there are textbooks ““ overpriced, marked up due to “bonus” CDs, study guides I don’t need and destined a couple months later to be sold back at shamelessly low prices. Read more...

Conformity a bad reason for diversity In a Jan. 11 editorial (“Diversity requirement deserves solid conclusion”), the editorial board states that “most students would have likely taken an approved class regardless” if diversity requirement passed or not. Read more...

After the faculty rejected a diversity requirement by a vote of 141 to 108, the Bruin sat down with Eligio Martinez, the undergraduate student association council’s academic affairs commissioner, who has made the diversity requirement a central part of his commission’s mission. Read more...