UCLA service workers were joined by students and other university employees in a rally outside the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Banging pots and pans, blowing whistles and holding signs, workers announced that they had voted overwhelmingly to strike if they do not receive what they see as a fair contract. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents seemed to be warming up to the idea of managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory at their meeting at UCLA on Wednesday. Read more...

The UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts a possible national economic recession in 2006, which could negatively affect some UCLA graduates as they venture into the job market. Read more...

Monday’s Superior Court decision in San Francisco that overturned state laws against same-sex marriage could have a strong impact on similar court cases heard in other states, legal experts say. Read more...

Gender inequality still exists in higher education, though not in the way many might expect. Women now represent more of the U.S. undergraduate population than men, according to a report released by the National Center for Education Statistics. Read more...

Willie Davis Frazier sat behind the visitor’s glass at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles nearly a year and a half ago; his white shirt was stained with blood and he rubbed his hand across his forehead and kept saying he didn’t belong in jail. Read more...

A bipartisan group of senators and house representatives, most notably Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., have unveiled a proposal to increase federal student aid by overhauling the way in which student loans are distributed. Read more...