By Patrick KerkstraSummer Bruin Staff In a decision that promises major consequences for Los Angeles’ artistic and educational communities, UCLA’s second-highest ranking official, Executive Vice Chancellor Andrea Rich, announced her resignation last week. Read more...

By Phillip CarterSummer Bruin Staff Eleven million dollars in cost overruns in the building of the new Anderson Graduate School of Management landed Chancellor Charles Young in hot water at this month’s University of California Board of Regents’ meeting. Read more...

By Phillip CarterSummer Bruin Staff The search process for a new University of California president imploded last week, as premature publicity forced the UC Regents’ pick, Ohio State University president E. Read more...

Next Senate vice chair looks forward to new post Eclectic professor Dorr specializes in education, media By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Next year’s Academic Senate vice chairperson and School of Education Professor Aimee Dorr wears a Sesame Street watch on her left wrist. Read more...

Students First sweeps runoff offices Brazil, Duarte, Kawai win IVP, academic affairs, facilities commissioners slots By Rashmi Nijagal Daily Bruin Staff In undergraduate runoff elections Thursday night, Students First candidates swept the remaining offices of internal vice president, academic affairs commissioner and facilities commissioner. Read more...

Second annual AIDS Ride raises money, hope UCLA students, faculty will cycle across California By Patrick Kerkstra and Kimberly Mackesy Daily Bruin Staff Early Sunday morning, more than 1,500 bicyclists will depart from their camp overlooking San Francisco Bay on a week-long trip canvassing 525 miles of California pavement ­ in the largest AIDS fundraising event of its kind. Read more...

Professor redefines traditional readings Sundquist says American literature is not black or white By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Redefining American literature has been Professor Eric Sundquist’s project for the past 10 years, culminating in his book, "To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature." The UCLA English department chair’s efforts won him the Modern Language Association’s James Russell Lowell Prize, awarded each year to an author of an outstanding book. Read more...