Author Archives: Andrew Edwards

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Budget plans for a new engineering building at UCLA were approved by committee at the University of California Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday. The project will replace the Engineering 1 building, which houses part of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, as it has been given a “poor” […]

SAN FRANCISCO ““ University of California President Richard Atkinson, who in the past seven years led the UC through a term marked by high rates of university growth and intense debates over admissions policies, announced Wednesday that he plans to retire. At a meeting of the UC Board of Regents, Atkinson, who is 73, said […]

The University of California Academic Senate issued a report Wednesday declaring the UC’s modified admissions policies a success in their first year of implementation. The senate’s report was commissioned last November, when the UC Board of Regents changed admissions procedures by adopting comprehensive review. Though the senate found that some aspects of the policy require […]

Money. Whether counted in dollars, euros, or yen, money ““ and much of the goods it buys ““ is not confined by national boundaries. International trade, the economic component of what many call “globalization,” is a major part of business today, and many professionals expect its role to grow. A lot of trade happens at […]

Student groups affiliated with political parties made low-key efforts Monday to encourage students to vote in today’s general elections. Though high-profile issues can occasionally transform Bruin Walk from a recruiting ground for Fall Rush into a hotbed of political controversy, student activity on the eve of this year’s elections was relaxed. Last-minute campaigning was limited […]

IRVINE ““ University of California President Richard Atkinson responded to concerns on a wide range of issues, including admissions policy, at a gathering of UC alumni Monday evening. Members of the Alumni Association of the University of California, along with others who were simply interested in the UC, met at the Hyatt Regency hotel near […]

Officials from the People’s Republic of China stopped at UCLA on Friday during a week of diplomacy between China and the United States that was capped by a summit between President George W. Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin. The visit ended a week of diplomacy between the two countries, launched Monday with an agreement […]