Friday, April 24


Chancellor asked for input on allocations

By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff Chancellor Albert Carnesale has been asked to choose sides in a bitterly contested debate between members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council over the issue of student group funding. Read more...


Students make use of Web to find apartments and roommates

By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor Students shop online for various products these days: books, concert tickets and increasingly, apartments and roommates. The decline in apartment vacancies and relative ease of finding apartments online prompts many students to use Web databases to browse for potential roommates and housing. Read more...


UC Davis student arrested for kidnapping teen-ager

  The Associated Press Michael Polanger, 20, is escorted by an Orinda police officer after he was arrested Thursday. By Chris Goodmacher and Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Contributors Due to efforts by university police, authorities apprehended a kidnapping suspect in Northern California on Thursday. Read more...


Proposed structure under fire

By Josh Wolf Daily Bruin Contributor The proposal to build a parking structure under the Intramural Field has public transportation advocates at odds with Transportation Services. Read more...


Westwood housing rates on the rise

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin Many students who are beginning to look for apartments for next year have noticed many complexes will be raising their rates. By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Contributor Saurabh Kikani, a fourth-year political science student, has lived in the same two-bedroom apartment on Veteran Avenue since 1999. Read more...


Study shows racial bias in past UC admissions policies

By Timothy Kudo and Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Center for Equal Opportunity, a Washington-based think tank, released a report Thursday saying that racial and ethnic preferences have played a much larger role in freshman admissions at U.S. Read more...