Undergraduate Students Association Council President Allende Palma/Saracho has sent the wrong message with his most recent committee appointments. Following Palma/Saracho’s lead, a majority of the council approved the Constitutional Review Committee appointments of Budget Review director, Tracy Ohara, Finance Committee chair, Ma Raissa Corella, Community Service commissioner, Crystal Lee, and General Representative, Anneli Villarin. Read more...

Planning for student-initiated courses is well underway, and as early as this spring quarter students may be able to register for courses developed by their fellow students. Read more...

After a long debate and opposition at Tuesday’s undergraduate student government meeting, four students were finally approved and appointed to sit on the Constitutional Review Committee. Read more...

The UCLA International Institute will hold a series of speaker events starting today on issues the media and public may be missing with regard to the South Asian earthquake and tsunamis, including the impacts and reconstruction efforts that will last years beyond the initial wave of donations, as well as the global context of the disaster. Read more...

After almost a decade of vacancy and disrepair, the house at 11024 Strathmore Dr. was torn down this week. The Tilden Study Center, an organization associated with Catholic group Opus Dei, owns the property and is planning to build the Ahead Leadership Center, an educational facility expanding the center’s current operations in Westwood. Read more...

Pell Grants are a crucial part of the funding equation enabling lower income families to send their children to college. Last month, President Bush signed an omnibus bill that would have restricted Pell Grant aid for thousands of students. Read more...

As full-time cook at a Chinese restaurant, Marlyn Hwang’s father barely makes $60 a day. So when Hwang’s family decided to send her to college, it caused concern. Read more...