Few events on campus this year were as disturbing as Bruin Republicans’ campaign against MEChA. Without adequately presenting its concerns to MEChA leaders, Bruin Republicans launched an “all-out media blitz” with the goal of stripping MEChA of university funding and its official student organization status. Read more...

The University of California Board of Regents and university officials say a bill which would allow the consideration of race in admissions would probably not affect the UC, even if it passed. Read more...

In 1973, UCLA’s commencement ceremony took place at Drake Stadium including all graduating students. Though the venue seated up to 11,000 people, 30,000 spectators showed up in the sweltering heat to celebrate the event. Read more...

There is an area of the MyUCLA forums that has recently started to fill with posts of desperate students frantically attempting to acquire and dispose of graduation tickets as commencement soon approaches. Read more...

UCLA may be located in one of the most diverse cities in the world, but its student population hardly reflects that fact. Like most UC campuses, UCLA admits a shamefully low number of minority students each year. Read more...

Thanks to the California Public Interest Research Group, textbook costs may be a lighter burden on students next year. Very few student campaigns are successful, which is part of what makes CALPIRG’s efforts so admirable. Read more...