SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Budget plans for a new engineering building at UCLA were approved by committee at the University of California Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday. Read more...

UCLA is transforming into an intellectual vending machine, where ideas have to resemble fast food and be readily available for 75 cents. Such is the opinion held by Fred Notehelfer, a professor in the history department and director of the Center for Japanese Studies. Read more...

California’s new Master Plan for Education may cut down on the number of students admitted to the University of California, allege activists at UC Berkeley. The original Master Plan for Higher Education, written in 1960, guarantees admission to at least one UC campus for every student in the top 12.5 percent of the state’s high school seniors. Read more...

Faculty, staff and students will have something new to talk about with the release of a report about the semester system this week. The committee appointed to research the pros and cons of moving the UCLA calendar to semesters made its highly anticipated report available to the public via its Web site Tuesday. Read more...

Love is Christ’s message I could not fail to respond to the preacher who came to town last week. Evangelist Ray Comfort is quoted as saying that “when a Christian preaches the gospel, (the response) is always negative. Read more...

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Do you notice a difference between professors and lecturers? Is there a difference in teaching quality or availability? Jonathan Foley Third-year, biology Professors seem to be a little less concerned with classes than lecturers. Read more...