In order to make up for UC budget shortfalls, should the state raise taxes or increase student fees by approximately $200? Atif Noori Graduate student, material science and engineering I think it should be taxes because we’re a public school. Read more...

Graduate student representatives from the University of California Student Association and the National Association for Graduate and Professional Students continue to build support for current legislation on making academic fellowships tax exempt. Read more...

After 18 months of labor contract negotiations, the University of California declared it is at an impasse with its clerical workers’ union. The UC informed the Coalition of University Employees last week at their last bargaining session that it didn’t think any further movement could be achieved through normal bargaining procedures. Read more...

“No to war, yes to peace, U.S. out of the Middle East,” chanted students gathered in Meyerhoff Park Tuesday afternoon at a student “speak out” against a possible war in Iraq. Read more...

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Three Los Angeles county supervisors are expected to postpone a vote on closing Harbor-UCLA Medical Center today. Supervisors Gloria Molina, Don Knabe and board chair Zev Yaroslavsky will back a motion to prevent a vote from occurring until Jan. Read more...