As officials at the University of California scramble to preserve “quality, access and affordability” in the face of crushing budget cuts, they have begun to embrace a trend in higher education ““ image marketing. Read more...

As midterms approach, some students are finding that they have to change their schedules in order to accommodate evening midterms conflicting with their class schedules. Yasmin Bholat, a second-year neuroscience student, dropped her Life Science 3 course which had an evening midterm so she could continue to take a chemistry lab course scheduled for the same time as her midterm. Read more...

A student was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly harassing members of a student group embroiled in a campaign to discredit the Chicana/o student group MEChA. Grant Lopez, a 34-year-old UCLA student, was arrested late Wednesday morning under the charge of robbery, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Read more...

After 30 years as a local favorite among students, Westwood residents and Hollywood stars, the Butterfly Bakery has closed its doors for good. Located on Westwood Boulevard, a block and a half south of Wilshire Boulevard, “The Butterfly” was famous for its homemade pastries and an atmosphere not often encountered in the corporate landscape of Westwood restaurants. Read more...

In all his years at UCLA, Myles Regele, a fourth-year psychobiology student, has never had a class with a black professor. “I can’t believe I’ve never had a black professor,” Regele said. Read more...

Daniel Schorr, a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, will deliver the second annual Daniel Pearl Memorial lecture today on campus. Schorr will address contemporary international affairs, including the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, that pertain to the event’s theme “America and the World: A Conversation with Daniel Schorr.” Schorr said he will discuss similarities between contemporary journalists, including Daniel Pearl and journalists from the earlier Cold War generation, such as himself. Read more...

Each February, Black History Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the historical achievements of black individuals. It is a month founded on the principle of inclusion, acknowledging figures whose contributions have long been neglected in the United States. Read more...