Cleanliness standards strain roommate relations Neatness a low priority for some in college dormlife By Kimberly Mackesy Spores. Filth. Roaches. While these words may conjure up images of a tenement slum, some Bruins may be surprised to discover that they aptly describe something closer to home ­ student housing. Read more...

Regents approve professional school fee hike By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Despite its billing as the affirmative action "showdown," last month’s University of California Regents’ meeting at UCLA dealt more with budgets and numbers than diversity and multiculturalism. Read more...

Bruins reign in Oklahoma By Randy Satterburg Daily Bruin Staff SEATTLE, Wash. — The top-seeded and top-ranked UCLA men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA title game for the first time in 15 years Saturday when the Bruins defeated fourth-seeded Oklahoma State, 74-61. Read more...

International students choose Westwood hot spots By Lisa Marie Weyh Among the students who roam the streets of Westwood, there are many with a specific story, a story of why they are in the United States. Read more...

Bluffs loss estimated to approach $7 million Chancellor to cap shortfall with discretionary funds By Alisa Ulferts Special to The Bruin Despite aggressive attempts to break even, UCLA expects to lose nearly $7 million on a housing development it built to attract top faculty to the campus, university officials acknowledged last week. Read more...

SAGE continues push for union recognition SAGE addresses administration to avoid spring strike By Betty Song In order to avoid a spring quarter labor strike, members of the graduate student employee union continued efforts to meet with Chancellor Charles Young for the negotiation of union recognition. Read more...

UCLA alumnus champions right to free speech Pro-hemp shop owner challenges drug laws, ‘illegal’ words and the Constitutional right By Allyssa Lee As an undergraduate student at UCLA, Craig Rubin was not one to shy away from expressing his right to free speech. Read more...