The decision to close campus facilities in the UC system during the holidays has left certain union employees with the choice of either taking unpaid leave or using their vacation days for the forced days off. Read more...

The proposed Associated Students of UCLA fee increase makes sense, provided the money goes toward services students actually need and want. As it stands, UCLA students pay only $7.50 per year to support ASUCLA operations, including Ackerman Union, student programming and campus eateries. Read more...

Congress let its 108th session come to an end, unfortunately, without addressing the education of undocumented students. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, often called the DREAM Act, would make undocumented students eligible for federal and state financial aid and loans. Read more...

It’s the last day of class, there are five minutes left, and your professor just passed out class evaluations. Your sweetie is waiting for you at Rubio’s, and you are really craving some fish tacos. Read more...

The UCLA Anderson Forecast predicted a stable but unspectacular California economy in its quarterly report on the nation and California’s budget last Wednesday. The forecast also discussed state finances under Gov. Read more...

In the absence of Panda Express and Taco Bell, two of the university’s more popular restaurants, other Associated Students of UCLA restaurants thrived. Now that Panda has reopened, the long-term effect on ASUCLA restaurants remains uncertain. Read more...

Governor revisits solar power promise SACRAMENTO “”mdash; Four months after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ambitious pledge of a million solar-powered homes died in a legislative committee, his administration is trying again. Read more...