Starting this fall, Jason Gaulton will run an office of roughly 60 volunteers and staff members working to coordinate campus events, and Justin Schreiber will head a commission that oversees 20 community service groups at UCLA. Read more...

Efforts to reform the admissions process, coupled with outreach efforts, have proven insufficient in the university’s attempts to ensure a diverse student body, in the view of University of California President Richard Atkinson. Read more...

Next year, transfer students seeking housing in one of the four Hilgard Houses may have to look elsewhere for living accommodations. For the past five to six years, the university has been leasing the Hilgard Houses from four sororities. Read more...

When UCLA reported the average number of advanced courses taken by students admitted for fall 2003, many believed the figure was unrealistic. The UCLA admissions office reported freshmen admits took an average of 18.7 Advanced Placement and honors courses during high school, but the figure was misinterpreted by high school counselors and UCLA students who consider a high school course to be a yearlong class. Read more...

Members of UCLA’s first historically black fraternity gathered with 30 other students Wednesday night to participate in a tantric yoga workshop, one of several events being held this week to celebrate the group’s eightieth anniversary. Read more...

UCLA relinquished control of the Ocean Discovery Center in Santa Monica last month after lengthy talks with the center’s new parent organization, Heal the Bay. The center, which opened in September 1996 with the aim of providing hands-on learning for schoolchildren during the week, experienced difficulty attracting visitors on the weekend, said John Sandbrook, assistant provost for the College of Letters & Science. Read more...