As a cardboard box filled with note cards with candidates’ names written on them was shaken vigorously, the candidates for the upcoming USAC election waited quietly, eyes fixed on the box, awaiting the selection of the first name to be listed on the election ballot. Read more...

The Department of Energy awarded a new five-year contract for management of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to the University of California on Tuesday in the first competition for management of the lab since its founding in 1931. 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...

Gold Line struggles to meet expectations PASADENA “”mdash; Ridership on the struggling Gold Line rail system linking Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles has failed to meet expectations, drawing only about half the predicted riders. Read more...

The UCLA School of Public Affairs is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a lecture series that began Monday with a discussion on issues pertaining to California politics from former speaker of the California Assembly Herb Wesson. Read more...

UCLA Student Media’s bruinwalk.com launched a new “groups” feature for its social networking tool this quarter that will allow students to not only form online networking groups, but to create entire web pages and publish content without any technical programming experience. Read more...

A dramatic proposal that would restrict when students are allowed to withdraw from class is currently pending in the Academic Senate. It is an unnecessary restriction further limiting academic flexibility and should not be implemented. Read more...