Tuesday, July 7

Editorial: Admit numbers don’t reflect state population

The University of California 2003 admissions figures are in, showing low admit numbers for underrepresented minority students. The data shows that minorities make up a smaller proportion of the admitted class for both UCLA and UC Berkeley, the UC’s flagship campuses, compared to 2002. Read more...


Briefs

Jewelry store proceeds to benefit children’s hospital JR’s Diamonds and Jewelry store will host a “Jewel Night” to benefit the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA today from 6 to 8 p.m. Read more...





U.I. slate begins unofficial campaign

Even before the undergraduate student government’s election candidates have been officially announced, election campaigning is already under way. The United Independents slate, the newest coalition of candidates to join the Undergraduate Students Associated Council’s election race, was the first to begin soliciting support. Read more...


College prepares for L & S commencement

With commencement just around the corner, every UCLA school and department is gearing up for for the weekend-long celebration. Of the 80,000 expected attendees, the College of Letters & Science is expecting 55,000 guests at its ceremonies; to deal with the large volume of people, an online ticketing system created by the College in 2002 will be instituted again this year. Read more...