Wednesday, May 20


UC Senate chair voted out

In an unprecedented move, faculty leaders earlier this week voted out their top representative. Dissatisfied with UC Academic Senate Chair Clifford Brunk’s performance, the Academic Senate, which represents faculty at all University of California campuses, voted Monday to remove Brunk as chair. Read more...


Regents discuss policy

Discussion regarding compensation issues dominated Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA, in which committees of the board met in closed sessions and took action on compensation matters including job slotting and executive salaries. Read more...



ASUCLA board discusses removal of Coke products

At its March 10 meeting, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors met with Coke Free Campus, the student coalition seeking the removal of Coca-Cola products from campus, to hear the group’s complaints regarding Coca-Cola’s alleged mistreatment of workers in Columbia. Read more...


UC may increase fees to compensate lawsuit costs

In a decision that some have called a victory for students, a court ruling last week ordered the University of California to pay back fee increases to certain professional school students who say the increases violated a contract they had with the UC in the amount of more than $33.8 million. Read more...


UCLA applicant closes curtain on cancer

Demetrius Greene said he learned even cancer can be the catalyst to make you stronger. Greene had only completed his first year in college before a rare form of Hodgkin’s disease, a type of cancer, caused him to temporarily lose the use of his legs and left arm. Read more...