I finally won. "Congratulations, you have been selected for the Chancellor's Office Hour," read the message. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Block holds three office hours a year. Each hour is divided into six 10-minute meetings and students are selected to attend via lottery. Columnist Scott Pearring won an appointment after six attempts over the last two years.
Over the last couple of weeks the Governor has raised the possibility that Cal Grant funding may be, essentially, decreased. Read more...
Westwood is crumbling. Read more...
Back in November, the word on everybody's lips was "˜regent'. "The regents are raising our fees!" "The regents don't care for students!" "The regents changed the date to avoid students and protests!" There was a lot of talk about what they were doing, but barely any talk about who the members of the UC Board of Regents are. Who are they? How did they become regents? And who told them they could run the University of California, and all of its 220,000 students? Read more...
President Barack Obama's new, generous NASA budget recently drew praise from none other than "Avatar" director James Cameron, who worried that national budget woes would see space exploration "fall off the priority list." Read more...
Ancient legends speak of winged serpents, whose claws pierce armor and lungs breathe fire. Their wingspan so fearsome and methods so wicked, the Bible likened Satan himself unto their vile form. Read more...
The current UCLA student ticket system for men's basketball games is a mess. It dampens the intensity of the Den, the section that makes home-court advantage the vital benefit it is in college basketball. Read more...
