Focus shouldn’t be on SARS’ economic impact I was utterly disgusted while reading Dr. Tiejun Huang’s misleading submission, “China’s economy safe despite SARS” (May 23).  While only cursorily mentioning SARS’ impact on the citizens of China and the international community, Huang instead asserts that SARS will not affect China’s economy in the long-term. Read more...

Currently UCLA waives student fees for many of its teaching assistants and readers, graduate students who are left to educate undergraduates at a huge university where professors can’t do all the teaching. Read more...

UCLA hasn’t yet granted employment to subcontracted parking workers, but the workers are determined to let the university’s chief administrator ““ along with the rest of the school ““ know they mean business. Read more...

After years of battling to get a diversity requirement implemented at UCLA, advocates finally saw a glimmer of support from a prominent Academic Senate committee. Last week, the Undergraduate Council ““ one of 22 Senate committees ““ pledged to revisit the question of how to implement the proposal next year. Read more...

A group of UCLA students and their community members gathered Wednesday night to hear from one man who escaped from one of North Korea’s infamous prison camps. Read more...

The undergraduate student government approved a key presidential appointment at their general meeting Tuesday night when they chose the commission head who will deal primarily with the council’s budget. Read more...

In yet another response to the current budget crisis, the university is proposing to cap fee benefits received by academic student employees. Currently, graduate students who are teaching assistants, readers or tutors can have their educational and registration fees waived. Read more...