Partisan politics in student government has a long history at UCLA, and it continues today. In recent memory, this has been the case since a mid-’90s demographic transformation in the undergraduate student government, but this year, officers said they are working to minimize its effect on important decisions. Read more...

By purchasing UCLA-emblazoned sweatshirts to wear to football games, students are not simply supporting their team, but their student union as well. While student unions at most schools are typically funded by student union fees, at UCLA, the revenue generated by different Associated Students of UCLA businesses take care of the cost to fund many student programs and services. Read more...

Last month Westwood’s business improvement district was cited by the Los Angeles district attorney’s office for violating the Ralph M. Brown Act, a state law prohibiting secret legislation by public bodies. Read more...

Study: Cipro overprescribed A new study heightens concerns that Cipro and related broad-spectrum antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones are over-prescribed, accelerating bacterial resistance to the drugs and reducing their ability to treat infections. Read more...

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Construction ““ it’s what the dorms, Bruin Walk, intermural field and The Anderson School at UCLA all have in common. Anderson students, staff and faculty trying to make it in the competitive business world will have something else to think about besides the plunging economy this year ““ three construction projects currently underway in the area surrounding The Anderson School will make their journey to work or school everyday a bit more of a challenge. Read more...

Growth. In the next ten years, the University of California will either accommodate it or be crippled by it. The university is expecting an influx of 50,000 additional students by 2010, pulling the systemwide enrollment from 165,000 this year to 217,000. Read more...