Steven Thang Quoc Le, 2003-2004 president of UCLA’s Vietnamese Student Union, was active in bringing Vietnamese community issues to UCLA. Le died Nov. 11 of undisclosed causes in Orange County. Read more...

The Graduate Council will decide whether or not to suspend the Islamic Studies program following a meeting today between the council and members of the Islamic Studies Faculty Advisory Committee. Read more...

Shortly after students called on university regents to rethink fee increases and address minority enrollment Thursday, many removed their shirts as a symbolic protest. “We have nothing left to give but the shirts off our backs,” said Christopher Sweeten, a third-year student from UC San Diego. Read more...

Students at the University of California will be even more hard-pressed to pay for their education next year than they have been in the past. By a 12 to 1 vote, the UC Board of Regents approved the 2005-2006 budget, which includes an 8 percent increase in undergraduate fees and a 10 percent increase in graduate fees. Read more...

When UCLA alumna Andi Gustavson took two days off from teaching to recruit students on campus for Teach For America, she left her high school class with videos of herself instructing and her personal cell phone number. Read more...

Regent Ward Connerly received no support for his proposal to amend the undergraduate admissions application for the University of California at the UC Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday. Read more...

At the UC Board of Regents’ meeting on Wednesday, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson came to encourage the regents to enter the competition to renew their management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, saying that the University of California may be the best candidate for the job. Read more...