Students speak with stomachs Students should be outraged that fascist student activists seek to terminate Taco Bell’s contract with UCLA. The Daily Bruin reports that Taco Bell is the second-most frequented restaurant on campus, meaning that the silent majority are voting with their pocket books to keep Taco Bell on campus. Read more...

At Justin Fong’s last meeting as student regent, the former UCLA student who worked tirelessly to rescind the university’s anti-affirmative action policies reflected on the day the UC Board of Regents approved him as its lone student member. Read more...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted its first Elimidance philanthropy Tuesday night, which raised $2,500 for the fraternity’s chosen national charity, the Children’s Miracle Network. The event, which was located at El Dorado Cantina in Brentwood, allowed representatives from 10 UCLA sororities to compete against one another in dance competitions. Read more...

First days can be tough. Robert Dynes, attending his first University of California Board of Regents meeting as UC president, sat down with reporters during his afternoon break to discuss the poor budget the university will likely face this year. Read more...

For opponents of Ward Connerly, one year isn’t soon enough. Connerly, whose term on the University of California Board of Regents ends in January 2005, weathered a day of student protests geared in part toward getting him thrown off the university’s governing body ““ efforts he says he will ignore. Read more...

Salina Soto is upset that the need for security is being questioned for a 3 Tha Hard Way party at Atlas Supper Club on Saturday. “In no way, shape or form am I or should anyone else be afraid to attend,” said Soto, a first-year political science and African American studies student. Read more...