SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Regent Ward Connerly suggested an external audit of comprehensive review at the meeting of the University of California Board of Regents last week before the release of an internal evaluation performed by the system-wide Academic Senate. Read more...

As new and returning students settle into their dorm rooms this week they will be able to escape from the small cubicles they call home by relaxing, studying and socializing in their floor study lounges. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents approved budget plans to build three new residence halls at UCLA last week. According to the Executive Summary of the action, the new buildings included in the Northwest Campus undergraduate Student Housing Plan, North Hedrick, North Rieber and West Rieber will provide 1,987 new student beds. Read more...

The future leader of California ““ the person who signs off every year on state funds going to higher education ““ will be decided this November, but this hardly causes a ripple in the voting-challenged student population at UCLA. Read more...

Students can expect abundant obstacles on their way to class because of construction projects underway at UCLA during the 2002-03 academic school year. The Intramural Field Parking Structure, with a projected completion date in August 2003, has blocked off a large portion of the Bruin Walk area adjacent to Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

UCLA’s seven student identity-based newsmagazines will not put out their quarterly online and print publications from the production room editors had initially expected to use. The five-computer production room shared last year by Fem, al-Talib, La Gente, Ten Percent, Pacific Ties, Nommo and Ha’am is now home to UCLAtv after last year’s economic downturn left Student Media with a $109,271 deficit, forcing management to consolidate space. Read more...