SAN FRANCISCO ““ After increasing fees for out of state students in July, the UC budget vice president suggested a general fee hike as the University of California Board of Regents discussed future plans during a time of budget difficulties. Read more...

Using the backdrop of the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation that will provide paid leave for workers who take time off to care for their children and family members. Read more...

Housing officials and students successfully worked together last year to ensure no students would be living in a study lounge during the 2002-2003 school year, but two major decisions ““ the enactment of housing’s “consolidation policy” and a raise in room and board fees ““ were made with little or no student input. Read more...

Professors, deans, chancellors and administrators make daily decisions that affect student life at UCLA, but in general the affected individuals have little say about who is chosen to make these decisions for them. Read more...

On a campus where the number of people seeking parking spots is three times the number of spaces available, the phrase “time is money” hits home at eight minutes per quarter in the parking meters. Read more...

Following its strongest financial year since coming close to bankruptcy and being bailed out by the chancellor in the mid-1990s, the Associated Students of UCLA ““ which provides a wide variety of non-academic services to UCLA students ““ is facing two major financial challenges this year. Read more...

The wheels of BruinGo! buses still go round and round this school year, but its future is clouded with financial uncertainties, as people continually look for ways to fund it permanently. Read more...