With election season coming up soon, the election board chairperson was officially appointed during Tuesday’s undergraduate student government meeting. Nathan Lam, the newly appointed E-board chair, will hold the responsibility as the principal facilitator of anything pertaining to elections. Read more...

The Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center incurred another setback Tuesday as a national hospital accreditation agency retracted its credentials in a move that may, among other things, signal change for UCLA medical students hoping to train at the hospital. Read more...

College freshmen in 2004 are less concerned about racial discrimination and are more politically polarized, according to a survey released Tuesday by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute. Read more...

Repairs to the Sigma Phi Epsilon house are underway after a tree fell on the building at the beginning of first week, forcing the evacuation of the house residents. Read more...

Applications to the University of California have hit a record high for the 2005-2006 academic year even though several UC campuses ““ including UCLA ““ saw a decrease in their number of applications, according to data released Wednesday by the UC Office of the President. Read more...

One of the biggest student advocacy group’s efforts to stop the rise of textbook prices have culminated in the second edition of Ripoff 101, a report published a year ago that finds how the “publishing industry’s practices needlessly drive up textbook costs.” This report was released simultaneously on Tuesday at a multitude of California Public Interest Research Group chapters. Read more...

The observation of Black History Month has become a bittersweet celebration for some black scholars. While the recognition of the societal impact blacks have had on American culture is generally thought by scholars to be positive, some believe that the condensing of black history into a single month, rather than having it be a part of day-to-day education and cultural understanding, has its downsides. Read more...