Tuesday, May 5

Students give Rendezvous rave reviews

Students got their first taste of the fresh international flavors of the new Rendezvous restaurant in a pre-opening taste-testing Tuesday night. Rendezvous, located at Rieber Terrace, has two separate dining areas, one serving Mexican food and the other serving Asian food. Read more...


UC discusses ways to build faculty diversity

Though the numbers of minorities have increased in University of California faculty in recent decades, diversity remains a pressing issue for many UC leaders. The UC President’s Task Force on Faculty Diversity, composed of 11 UC academic and administrative leaders, presented the findings of its recent report at the President’s Summit on Faculty Diversity in Oakland on Tuesday. Read more...


State should treat UC as the public school it is

Public institution. It’s a phrase state lawmakers have thrown about so much lately that perhaps they’ve forgotten what it means. Specifically, legislators argue that the University of California, as a public institution, needs to be more accountable and transparent to the public. Read more...



Toothaches don’t need to pinch pockets

For many UCLA students, sitting in a dentist’s chair means staring open-mouthed at someone decades older than they are. But when students go to the UCLA School of Dentistry, they may find dental students in their final years of study inspecting and fixing their teeth. Read more...


A different take on Middle East

A scheduled visit to campus by Norman Finkelstein today has sparked strong responses from some student organizations based on his controversial views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more...