Friday, May 8

Department restricts enrollment

Some students with priority enrollment did not get as much of a priority as they would have liked this past week. To assure that seniors will graduate on time, the economics department closed all of its classes for priority enrollment so seniors would get first priority instead. Read more...


Hydraulic oil spill causes slip in commuter punctuality

Students late to class Thursday were probably not alone. A hydraulic oil spill at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday caused street closings that left some students gridlocked in traffic and others stranded at shuttle stops waiting for shuttles that had been temporarily rerouted elsewhere. Read more...


Forum drives home immigrant license bill

Wednesday night the UCLA Student Workers Front held a forum to educate students regarding the SB60 bill. The bill, commonly referred to as the driver’s license bill, was signed over the summer by former Gov. Read more...



Clash erupts at regents meeting

The University of California Board of Regents meeting was disrupted Wednesday when university police clashed with a group of students as they moved into the restricted area of the third-floor conference room in Covel Commons. Read more...


O Canada! We want your drugs

Millions of Americans are victims of legal extortion. I’m talking about the gouging of the United States by prescription drug companies. I’m talking about the exorbitant (and usually unwarranted) prices of prescription medicines and the questionable, quite immoral, policies designed to protect and enrich the manufacturers. Read more...


Briefs

An important appointment postponed Council voted to table the appointment of the new elections board chair because the candidate did not attend the meeting. USAC supports organized labor The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed the Resolution in Support of Organized Labor with a 10-0-0 vote at Tuesday night’s general meeting. Read more...