Matthew Murray By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] The nominated student representative for the UC Board of Regents for 2003-04 has several goals in mind over the next two years: change university admissions tests, plan for the opening of UC Merced, and play a lot of soccer. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] The Graduate Students Association is rolling in a bigger budget next year despite increased utility costs. Because of a rise in membership fees from $7 to $10 next year, GSA expects to have $300,000 in the bank ““ up 50 percent from last year. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] The UC Board of Regents turns to the state for a substantial amount of university funding, and the Legislature is known to capitalize on this dependence to influence them. Read more...

By Karen Graulich Daily Bruin Contributor [email protected] The Associated Students of UCLA budget proposal could have dire effects on the funding of student organizations on campus. Read more...

  Chantal Armstrong By Sabrina Singhapattanapong DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] UCLA senior Chantal Armstrong, 22, died in a car accident Sunday morning in Mexico City. Armstrong, an anthropology student, was a passenger in a car with two friends she’d met in Mexico while studying abroad, when the car lost control and crashed into a telephone pole. Read more...

By Rachel Makabi DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] As Associated Students of UCLA board members begin to finalize their budget for the upcoming year, top executives within the association disagree about the extent of the financial difficulties they will face. Read more...

JONATHAN YOUNG/Daily Bruin Peter Lopez, a fifth-year sociology student, speaks out for LGBT causes this week. By Debra Marisa Greene DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] In the first ever “Queers of Color Week,” about 40 students and faculty members gathered at Meyerhoff Park Tuesday to hear students from various ethnicities speak about being part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Read more...