The University of California Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly July 17 to add a clause to the faculty code of conduct restricting student-faculty dating. Previously, the UC had a resolution that strongly discouraged faculty from entering into relationships with students by telling them to “avoid any exploitation, harassment or discriminatory treatment of students.” The new amendment explicitly prohibits a relationship of a romantic or sexual nature ““ even if it is consensual. Read more...

With a sense of grim necessity, the University of California Board of Regents voted July 17 to raise student fees by 25 percent to help mitigate state cuts of at least $360 million to the university’s budget. Read more...

Jaime Gutierrez recently broke his ankle. Because he is uninsured, he had to drive 40 miles to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. But he said after waiting for 10 hours, he left without seeing a doctor. Read more...

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released today the names of eight of 10 victims killed when an 86-year-old man drove his car through a crowded farmers market in Santa Monica. Read more...

At least eight people were killed and 35 injured within the course of a few seconds, as a car drove through a bustling farmers market in Santa Monica at 1:47 p.m. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Citing pressing budget constraints and an increasing probability the state budget crisis will further impact the University of California, a key committee of the UC Board of Regents voted to raise student fees by 25 percent. Read more...

The affirmative action spotlight shone on the University of Michigan again last week when Ward Connerly announced the launch of an initiative that would counter the effects of the recent Supreme Court ruling in that state. Read more...