When fees go up and services go down at the University of California, as they often do during a budget crisis, many question the decisions of the university’s administrators. Read more...

BruinGo!, the program allowing anyone with a BruinCard to swipe it and ride the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus for a reduced fare, is here to stay, and so are the changes introduced in fall 2003. Read more...

What started as a paper turned into a book. Graduate student Marty Cohen had been writing a paper on primary elections when he and political science professor John Zaller saw potential for a bigger project. Read more...

Something’s rotten in Washington, D.C. The American political system is drowning in a pool of bull. The ways in which our country is dominated by wealthy special interests are numerous enough to fill a dozen books, and The Bruin doesn’t pay me enough to write that much (Actually, I don’t get paid at all.) So here’s just one example. Read more...

Ever heard of the “freshman 15″? It’s not a reference to the number of units per quarter. Rather, it’s the supposed amount of weight freshmen gain due to poor eating habits and stress during their first year away from home. Read more...

Twenty-four years ago today, the citizens of Iran experienced a major political upheaval: The progressive, secular government of the Shah was replaced by the far more rigid and conservative government of Ayatollah Khomeini. Read more...

The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center increased its prices for birth control for the third time in one year. As of Feb. 1, the Ashe Center now divides contraception into three price tiers: $12, $28 and $45. Read more...