Saturday, May 16

Late drop policy may change

Due to concerns expressed by faculty members and the university’s changing economic climate, the UCLA College’s late drop policy may be changed to prevent students from dropping courses after fourth week. Read more...


Social Security faces privatization

An old and venerable institution of the U.S. Government, Social Security has recently come directly under the political spotlight, with many believing that it requires significant reform. Read more...


Professor criticizes Bush’s plan

Though most students probably would be bored listening to a lecture about Social Security reform, professors and students at the UCLA Anderson School of Management were intrigued by the findings of a Yale professor on the subject. Read more...


System reform could help youth

Financial experts tend to agree that if reforms are made early to Social Security, there will be a lesser degree of impact on current youth. Social Security at the end of 2004 sustained 48 million beneficiaries and covered 159 million workers and their families, according to the recently released 2005 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees. Read more...


News briefs

Gold Line struggles to meet expectations PASADENA “”mdash; Ridership on the struggling Gold Line rail system linking Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles has failed to meet expectations, drawing only about half the predicted riders. Read more...


Former Assembly speaker lectures on campus

The UCLA School of Public Affairs is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a lecture series that began Monday with a discussion on issues pertaining to California politics from former speaker of the California Assembly Herb Wesson. Read more...