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• Number of applicants continues to decline

  Feb. 8, 2005 at midnight

  For the second straight year, the number of UCLA applicants has dropped, even though the University of California experienced a record high of over 100,000 applicants for the 2005-2006 school ...

• Compact with state, UC upheld

  Jan. 14, 2005 at midnight

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent $111.7 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes constitutional amendments to impose across-the-board spending cuts to help the state alleviate an $8.1 billion shortfall. The ...

• Prop. 71 spawns ethical debate

  Oct. 27, 2004 at midnight

  Perhaps no item on the Nov. 2 ballot is more personal than the Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative as the debate over funding for stem cell research pits scientists ...

• A new issue for schools: self-segregation

  May 19, 2004 at midnight

  The 1954 landmark court case Brown v. Board of Education called for the end of racial segregation in education. Still, it is common for students of similar backgrounds to practice ...

• College chairs wary of deal

  May 13, 2004 at midnight

  Department chairs of the UCLA College see the new budget compact between the university and the state as a positive step toward addressing their concerns about fee increases compared to ...

• Students commemorate Genocide

  April 22, 2004 at midnight

  Correction Appended About 50 students marched in silence around the UCLA campus Wednesday in commemoration of the 89th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government – which some ...

• Religion, academia collide in Veritas Forum events

  April 21, 2004 at midnight

  A week of forums aimed at bringing together the community of faith and the intellectual culture of the university started earlier this week and will conclude Friday with an informal ...

• Religious panel reviews ‘Passion’

  April 16, 2004 at midnight

  Religious scholars from throughout the UCLA community widely agreed Thursday that the violence portrayed in the hugely successful “The Passion of the Christ” was over-exaggerated and furthered misdirected anti-Semitic behavior. ...