By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter The University of California has decided to allocate its entire 2 percent increase in state funding toward salary raises, which leaves “core costs” at the university without any increased funding. Read more...

By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Contributor A little more than two months after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, authorities expect more people than last year will hit the road when traveling this Thanksgiving holiday. Read more...

  PRIYA SHARMA/Daily Bruin Bob Lhommedieu, along with fellow members of the Fullerton Chapter H.O.G., brought truckloads of toys to Mattel’s Children’s Hospital. By Emily Taylor-Mortorff Daily Bruin Contributor Dwayne Freeman, an 18-year-old Mattel’s Children’s Hospital patient with sickle cell anemia, wheeled his IV drip out with him to see more than 200 leather-clad motorcyclists pull up to the hospital. Read more...

  The Associated Press Kelly Perkins (right) is hugged by friend Susan Kjesbo after they climb Mount Kilimanjaro on Oct. 18, six years after a heart transplant saved Perkins’ life. Read more...

UCB holds online high school class Today college-bound students at Vallejo High School will tap into an innovative online chemistry class at UC Berkeley in the campus’s first attempt to provide local high schools with access to introductory college courses. Read more...

  By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter SANTA BARBARA “”mdash; The University of California is looking for a fairer test to use in admissions because less wealthy and underrepresented students receive on average lower standardized test scores than their wealthier and non-minority counterparts. Read more...