A group of jittery 7- and 8-year-old children filed down the halls of the Public Policy building Wednesday morning, headed in the direction of Professor Shelby Popham’s English Composition 3 class. Read more...

The senate proposal petition is expected to fail to reach the required number of signatures to put it on a special election ballot for a second straight year. Read more...

The cleanest beach may not be so clean. A new UCLA study has shown that even if ocean water tests meet health standards, the sand itself may still be contaminated with bacteria. Read more...

Despite the controversy leading up to Norman Finkelstein’s visit to campus because of his extremist views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Holocaust, the environment surrounding the event was subdued, provoking little visible opposition from students and faculty. Read more...

Students got their first taste of the fresh international flavors of the new Rendezvous restaurant in a pre-opening taste-testing Tuesday night. Rendezvous, located at Rieber Terrace, has two separate dining areas, one serving Mexican food and the other serving Asian food. Read more...

Though the numbers of minorities have increased in University of California faculty in recent decades, diversity remains a pressing issue for many UC leaders. The UC President’s Task Force on Faculty Diversity, composed of 11 UC academic and administrative leaders, presented the findings of its recent report at the President’s Summit on Faculty Diversity in Oakland on Tuesday. Read more...

Public institution. It’s a phrase state lawmakers have thrown about so much lately that perhaps they’ve forgotten what it means. Specifically, legislators argue that the University of California, as a public institution, needs to be more accountable and transparent to the public. Read more...