The preliminary hearing for a suspect shot in an altercation with a university police officer Oct. 5 in Kerckhoff Hall was postponed Friday to give the defense more time to prepare for trial. Read more...

Nuclear labs. Lapses in security. Mismanagement. Corporate competitors appearing on the horizon. The University of California begins to look like the scene of a political melodrama as it contemplates the very real possibility of losing some of its best research facilities to corporate competitors. Read more...

As they near their 35th years of existence, two of the four major ethnic studies centers are continually working to obtain departmental status ““ a process some feel is overdue. Read more...

Activists around California will launch a week of demonstrations and rallies today to remove Ward Connerly from the University of California Board of Regents. The campaign organizers, the national and UC Berkeley chapters of By Any Means Necessary, say Connerly, a long-time critic of affirmative action, has used his position as UC regent to further his political agenda. Read more...

This week’s meeting of the University of California Board of Regents at UCLA marks the only time the board will visit an undergraduate campus this year, and an opportunity student organizers are making sure they don’t waste. Read more...

Today, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be inaugurated governor of California. He takes the reins of a state in crisis, and will need to demonstrate willingness to make compromises and accommodate the central role of Democrats in California politics. Read more...

With dorm overcrowding and Westwood rent higher than any vaulted ceiling, chances are you have a roommate. And chances are you’ve been a sex exile on at least one occasion ““ or will be soon. Read more...