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...

Young announces support of affirmative action Chancellor to meet with civic leaders to discuss issue, encourages campus debate By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Chancellor Charles Young has announced he will open a debate on affirmative action this week, confirming his faith in the besieged system by issuing statements to campus forums of students, faculty and staff. Read more...

Students who can’t take the heat in the kitchen develop creative survival skills By Kimberly Mackesy It’s 6 o’clock. You’ve just come home from a long day of classes. Read more...

Nakanishi educates about internment Prof anticipates position on Civil Liberties board By Laryssa Kreiselmeyer For Professor Don Nakanishi, head of UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center, the internment experience of Japanese-Americans during World War II is both a personal and an educational matter. Read more...

Grad union continues plans for walkout University administration refuses to voluntarily recognize SAGE By Betty Song The graduate employee union authorized a strike last week to pressure the UCLA administration into voluntarily recognizing their collective bargaining rights. 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...