Facing strong opposition, next week’s special election may prove costly for both the state and its leaders. County governments across California are spending more than $40 million to allow the state’s residents to vote on eight initiative propositions on Nov. Read more...

During its student voter registration campaign, the University of California Student Association hoped to register 20,000 students systemwide for the statewide special election. But as the deadline for registration came and went, it was only able to motivate 10,000 students to register. Read more...

Buying and selling land and properties may be foreign to many UCLA students, whose main concern might be simply making housing or apartment payments on time. Read more...

With terms such as “blog” and “podcast,” the new computer jargon that has become second nature to many UCLA students has a new term to add to its lexicon: “wiki.” Wiki, meaning “quick” in Hawaiian, is a new type of Web site that allows users to directly edit a database of information with no prior knowledge of Web site programming. Read more...

Nine years after Proposition 209 outlawed the use of affirmative action in public institutions in California, a group of panelists expressed Tuesday evening their reasons as to why the program is still necessary at UCLA. Read more...

Correction Appended The suspension of the UC Education Abroad Program in the Philippines has been continued indefinitely, pending the lifting of the State Department’s warning for that country. Read more...

Due to concerns raised by the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus, the BruinGo! program ““ which allows students to ride the bus for a quarter instead of the full fare ““ may be discontinued next quarter. Read more...