Governor Schwarzenegger Should Wash his Mouth Out with Soap
Governor Schwarzenegger called my students' protest against the recent 32% tuition increase at the University of California a "type of terrorism." Really. I'm not kidding. Shame on him.
Governor Schwarzenegger called my students' protest against the recent 32% tuition increase at the University of California a "type of terrorism." Really. I'm not kidding. Shame on him.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Most of you have probably heard about the dire straits public schools in California face, but until you see some numbers comparing school budgets between last year and this year, it doesn't fully hit home.
Mark Ridley-Thomas | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles
A partnership between the University of California and Los Angeles County to open a new hospital in South L.A. moved closer to reality with the unanimous approval of the UC Board of Regents.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles
Scwharzenegger and the Republicans who control California's finances have concluded it's not even worth trying to compete with India and China anymore, as evidenced by the "restructuring" of the California State University system.
AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business
BERKELEY, Calif. — The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts ha...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
In New York, the oldest and snobbiest financial ventures are called "white shoe" firms. Their arrogance, risky investments and confounding dealing in derivatives threw the rest of us into the Great Recession.
Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
Early applicants take up as much as 25 percent of an incoming class. If you're the kind of person who buys movie tickets on-line so you can choose the best seat, you know that the later it gets, the fewer options you have.
Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Cannibalizing our state's future through cuts to education is the exact opposite of the kind of reform and long-term thinking we need from our leaders in Sacramento.
Gay Browne | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
Greenopia announces its environmental ratings for the 100 largest schools in the US. At the top of the list were the University of Washington and the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Mark Levine | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Students are being hurt already and will suffer even more, while the state will find itself short hundreds of thousands of college-educated workers necessary to move back toward prosperity.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.
Donna Fish | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living
Innate differences in appetite and hence, eating style and behavior, are coming to be better understood.
Peter Dreier | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
The governor's decision to eliminate the UCLA Labor Center -- a valuable, nationally-recognized center of research, teaching, and community service -- is clearly a political maneuver, not a budget necessity.
Saree Makdisi | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business
State support once covered about 75 percent of the UC's core spending. Today, it covers less than half, and it is set to decline even further.
Joel Bridgeman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
Governor Schwarzenegger must be trying to live up to his image as the "Terminator". His proposed solution to handle California's fiscal mess is to cu...
Levi Felix | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment
This student-run nonprofit concert attracts about 2,000 attendees annually and is fast becoming a UCLA tradition.
Erin Medlicott | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics
As U.S. Senator Joe Biden's (D-DE) Chief of Staff from 1998 through 2003, Alan L. Hoffman directed Biden's agenda, communications and political operations, and managed everything from legislative affairs to personnel.
Shari Cohen | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home
Meet Mitra, a 31 year old first time voter - I met her last weekend, volunteering at my local Obama campaign office. We've been working together eve...
AP | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green
BERKELEY, Calif. -- UC Berkeley officials are preparing to remove the last remaining tree-sitters protesting a planned sports center next to Memorial...
Steven Crandell | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green
This week's discovery -- using solar power to mimic photosynthesis -- could help us use the huge abundance of sun energy in a way that can give power to people everywhere.
New York Times | Jesse Mckinley | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green
A day after a judge cleared the way for the construction of an athletic center at the University of California, Berkeley, a clutch of protesters remai...
Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The Supreme Court today dismissed a huge lawsuit growing out of the Enron debacle that sought to hold Wall Street bankers liable for scheming with the...
AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
A California university renowned for US history changing free speech and anti-war movements is embracing the Internet revolution by putting free video...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics