This month, the UC Board of Regents is going to make a decision that may alienate the precious representation of minorities statewide. With budget cuts in California, University of California administrators have been exploring ways to ensure that students at all UC campuses are provided with a quality education, but the search has been halted over one particular controversial decision. Read more...

This summer I traveled to Italy and plugged my laptop into a DSL line there. In less than a day, I noticed someone in China had planted a virus called “youwish.exe” on my hard drive. Read more...

During my Aug. 23 browsing of the Daily Bruin, I came across a column in the sports section, “Olympic voices should focus on positive to keep viewers,” by Sonya Palathumpat. Read more...

This year’s Undergraduate Student Association Council’s base-budget process was unprecedented because the funding source was opened up to all student groups ““ whether they were officially recognized or independent. Read more...

The following is a phone interview with Grant Tyler Peterson, a recent UCLA graduate who married his boyfriend Eric “Gumby” Anderson in San Francisco in February 2004. Read more...

Garin Hovannisian’s column (Aug. 16) questioning Kerry’s war heroism is as misleading as it is misguided. He bases his attacks on the partisan group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a cadre of attack dogs so lacking in credibility they make Nixon look honest. Read more...

In addition to rising course fees, many students are also victims of the rising costs of living on campus. This summer, many students have also been forced to sign up for an expensive meal plan that hardly fits their needs: a non-premiere, 21-meals-per-week plan. Read more...