Julien D’Avanzo, a resident assistant for Rieber Hall 3 South, died early this morning after falling from a third floor balcony of the Saxon Suites. According to a letter from the UCLA Office of Residential Life, D’Avanzo, a third-year history student, fell at approximately 1 a.m. Read more...

A bylaws change made last week was reversed by the undergraduate student government Tuesday night after the discovery of a missing clause in its constitution. A section that outlines a two-thirds voting threshold needed to create a bylaws change was accidentally removed from the Undergraduate Students Association’s constitution in 1984 as a result of a clerical error. Read more...

The shoe store in Ackerman is back. Only this time, it’s under a different name. Though the new store won’t open until June, signs announcing Shoe City’s arrival have already been placed in front of the former Copeland Sports section of the UCLA Store. Read more...

Though the United States is facing a nursing shortage that some estimate could swell to 800,000 by 2020, officials say the UCLA Medical Center has not faced the same difficulties in filling vacancies. Read more...

Amid protests from local community groups and politicians, the U.S. Army will be offering 10 acres of Veterans Affairs land near Westwood to commercial developers. The land includes three buildings ““ Holderman Hall and Munemori Hall, each a two-story Army Reserve Center building, and a detached maintenance building ““ for a total of about 83,406 square feet, according to a statement on the U.S. Read more...

Candidates for next year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council waited patiently for their names to be drawn out of a bag, keeping their fingers crossed for a prime piece of Bruin Walk real estate. Read more...

The two Democratic gubernatorial candidates Steve Westly and Phil Angelides have proposed broad educational reforms that they say will increase the access and affordability of public colleges in California. Read more...