Last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill designed to help decrease the cost of textbooks for students at California’s public colleges and universities. The bill, Assembly Bill 2477, was authored by Assemblywoman Carol Liu, D-La Cañada Flintridge, and was supported by the California Public Interest Research Group. Read more...

The first week of every quarter at UCLA means two very different things in terms of textbooks. Students dread having to pay hundreds of dollars for books, while the Associated Students of UCLA textbook store and publishers see this time as one of their most profitable. Read more...

A lifetime career in investing begins now. Despite the association with the stock market that investing brings, investing is more than the ticker symbols flashing across the New York Stock Exchange. Read more...

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to make pollution a top priority for his administration and recently stood up for strict new vehicle emission rules. But Californians should question his motives for vetoing an anti-smog bill that would have reduced unhealthy diesel pollution around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Read more...

With the demand for higher-education jobs increasing, colleges and universities in Southern California have united to recruit and retain the best employees. On Sept. 29 the Southern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) was officially launched at UCLA. Read more...

Protesters against lab experimentation on primates marched from the Federal Building to the UCLA Neuropsychology building and through Westwood on Monday. Participants in the protest said UCLA was targeted to advocate against experiments using primates that occur on campus. Read more...