Unless you count the below-minimum wage stipend, there aren’t a whole lot of concrete perks to being an Undergraduate Students Association Council member. Most members say the most valuable thing they have gotten out of being on USAC is their overall experience on council ““ making a difference on issues they care about, forging new relationships or directly serving students through their service. Read more...

A three-year tentative contract agreement between the University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union was reached on Wednesday after nine months of negotiating and a week after AFSCME held a one-day strike. Read more...

The number of freshman admitted to UCLA for fall 2005 rebounded this year after state budget restrictions forced the university to initially cut the number of admissions for fall 2004. Read more...

Group aims to educate about depression, bipolar disorder “Depression Unplugged,” the first event of a group formed in honor of Amanda Hafleigh, will take place tonight on campus in an effort to inform students about the effects of depression and bipolar disorder. Read more...

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Sometimes storming the castle isn’t the best way to make yourself heard. Members of the Student Worker Front marched on Murphy Hall on Tuesday, demanding that Chancellor Carnesale discuss the plight of service workers with them. Read more...

In a disappointing decision earlier this week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger backtracked from his proposal to allow parole violators other options besides prison. Under the proposal, former inmates with technical parole violations would have been placed in drug treatment programs, halfway houses or monitored electronically rather than being returned to prison. Read more...