There was no sugarcoating it this week in practice. Players and the coaching staff admitted it. No. 20 UCLA escaped last weekend against Washington. And if anything, it was yet another test for the Bruins. Read more...

The UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce will publicize its official proposal on Monday for divestment of University of California funds from companies with holdings in Sudan. The campaign was started at UCLA through the Darfur Action Committee, a group put together last year which was recipient of extensive funding from USAC this year. Read more...

On a campus lined with groves of citrus trees left over from its roots as an agricultural research station in the early 1900s, UC Riverside now serves a large student body with a significantly higher percentage of ethnically underrepresented students than most other UC campuses. Read more...

High school seniors across the state have taken the new high school exit exam for the first time this year and about 20 percent of them ““ nearly 100,000 ““ failed, according to a report released last week by the Human Resources Research Organization. Read more...

Students of Professor Roger Bohman’s Biology of Cancer class had a surprise guest speaker on Wednesday ““ rock star Melissa Etheridge. Etheridge had come to speak to the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 30 class about her own experience as a breast cancer survivor as part of the mtvU series “Stand In.” Students were allowed to enter their classroom just before the 3 p.m. Read more...

Though the newly implemented Student Organization Operational Fund process for student groups has created some clarity in the process of obtaining university funds, some group leaders still have mixed feelings about the current system. Read more...

Changes made this year in the process to allocate funds to student groups on campus have generated largely positive reviews from councilmembers. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted Sept. Read more...