Thursday, October 22

UC sees rise in number of applicants

More than 106,000 students applied to the University of California for admission for fall 2006, according to data released Tuesday, marking another year of steady increase in the size of the UC application pool. Read more...







Ex-FDA worker discusses birth control

She resigned because she couldn’t do it anymore. She could not go out and explain to the public why the Food and Drug Administration again denied the emergency contraceptive pill over-the-counter status for “bogus reasons.” Tuesday night, students and staff gathered at the UCLA Gonda Center to hear Susan Wood, the former director of the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health. Read more...