By Noah Grand and Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporters Gov. Gray Davis cut by half the amount the University of California requested for the expansion of student retention in Wednesday’s unveiling of his state budget proposal. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/ Daily Bruin Senior Staff Janet Quindara performs at a USAC-funded Samahang Pilipino event last year. By Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff Providing fair funding to all student groups is one of the biggest issues facing the Undergraduate Students Association Council this year. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN Tom Hayden, candidate for Los Angeles City Council, voices his views at a forum in Westwood United Methodist Church Tuesday. By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Contributor As Fifth District City Councilman Mike Feuer leaves office this June, the race to elect his successor manifested itself into a brief “meet the candidates” forum at the Westwood United Methodist Church Tuesday. Read more...

By My Yen La Daily Bruin Contributor Talk of economic downfall may have begun as whispers, but it became loud and clear as America blasted into the new year. Read more...

By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Reporter With the UC Board of Regents set to consider excluding tobacco stocks from their investment portfolio next week, some regents say there appears to be enough support on the board to take such an action. Read more...

Professor, pioneering researcher dies at 84 Dr. Milton I. Roemer, a pioneering health services researcher, teacher and professional whose prescience of industry trends and possibilities led to his significant contributions to health policy in the United States and abroad, died of heart failure Jan. Read more...