By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Current and future high school students applying to the University of California will now fall under new admissions standards. The Committee on Educational Policy of the UC Board of Regents voted 13-2 on Wednesday to approve comprehensive review, a plan designed to provide a better balance between an applicant’s unique personal experiences and academic performance. Read more...

The player in the photo that ran with the football notebook (Sports, Nov. 14) was misidentified as Robert Thomas. The player is junior offensive lineman Bryce Bohlander. Read more...

By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter University officials presented a bleak outlook for the UCLA budget in a meeting with the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Steve Olsen, vice chancellor of finance and budget, said that while he cannot determine how UCLA will ultimately be affected by the downturn in the economy, the facts present cause for great concern. Read more...

By Emily Taylor-Mortorff Daily Bruin Contributor Mistakes and lessons learned from the Vietnam War can shed light on the current situation in Afghanistan, Jack Valenti, the former chief of staff to President Lyndon B. Read more...

By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Reporter Latin American scholars and economists held a round table discussion with UCLA professors Tuesday to converse about Argentina and Mexico’s political economies. Read more...

  Courtesy of Warren Robak Walter Karplus By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter Cool, calm and collected ““ these were words used to describe Walter Karplus, interim dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...

Alumna takes on city post Joy Chen has a big job ahead of her: Reverse the economic downturn in Los Angeles. Nov. 2 was Chen’s first day on the job as the city’s director of economic recovery. Read more...