John J. Moores, Chairman University of California Board of Regents 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Dear John, On December 13, 2003, I appeared on "CNN with Wolf Blitzer," as a private citizen (not as a UC Regent), to express my belief that United States Senator Trent Lott should withdraw from consideration to be Senate Majority Leader in view of his comments–made a week earlier–that appeared to praise the segregationist past of Senator Strom Thurmond. Read more...

With last year’s port lockout behind it and a new six-year contract, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is looking to prepare for the rough waters that still lie ahead. Read more...

The Muslim Students Association will be holding an event titled “Why in God’s Name Did You Choose Islam?” tonight where Islamic converts tell their stories as part of Islamic Awareness Week on campus. Read more...

Hold off on getting change for that spare dollar. If the Undergraduate Students Association Council has its way, students taking advantage of the BruinGo! program won’t have to pay a single cent to continue riding the Big Blue Bus. Read more...

A commissioner of the undergraduate student government publicly apologized Tuesday on behalf of his office for placing what some said was a racially offensive advertisement in the Daily Bruin earlier this month. Read more...

How much does it really cost to be a graduate student at UCLA? To answer this question, the graduate division has released an online financial aid survey this week to assess the overall expenses of graduate students. Read more...

A study released by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center asserts that Latinas are few in the University of California system because of a lack of access to academic enrichment programs early on in their education. Read more...