People frequently label universities as marketplaces of ideas, where professors and students hash out global issues in order to make informed decisions. But even though the nation appears to be nearly equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, universities are not. Read more...

After several hours of fiery and often partisan debate, a divided undergraduate student government approved the appointment of its newest member at Tuesday night’s meeting. The four-and-a-half hour meeting ended with the swearing in of fifth-year political science student Adam Pearlman as the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s new facilities commissioner. Read more...

The run-off for the vacant vice chancellor of student affairs position has been reduced to a one-person race after the other candidate recently withdrew application papers. Read more...

Come next year, BruinGo!, the bus program that offers UCLA students free rides on the Big Blue Bus, will not be around if a new funding proposal is not approved ““ and even then it may no longer be free. Read more...

As the nation looks toward California as an example of how, or how not, to deal with race in public policy, a group of legislators is criticizing one of the architects of the state’s racial policy. Read more...

In the national debate over affirmative action, both sides are using the University of California to justify their arguments. Opponents say the UC has a higher minority enrollment now with its race-neutral admissions policies than it did in 1997, the last year affirmative action was used. Read more...