Author Archives: Charles Proctor

UCLA application readers consider a wide range of factors when they evaluate applicants ““ though race isn’t one of them, said two high-ranking campus admissions officials. Both officials sought to explain why UCLA admitted several hundred applicants with low SAT I scores and turned away over a thousand applicants with significantly higher scores in 2002, […]

UCLA turned away over 1,000 students with high SAT scores in 2002 and admitted several hundred students with comparatively low SAT scores that same year, according to a report compiled by the university and released on Tuesday. UCLA’s report follows a similar one compiled on UC Berkeley admissions statistics that was reported on Oct. 4 […]

In a personal twist to a public debate, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, accused the chairman of the Board of Regents of showing “open contempt for reasoned discourse” about UC admissions procedures. The comments appeared in a confidential letter obtained by The Bruin and first reported in The Los Angeles Times on […]

Youth voter turnout for the California recall election on Oct. 7 barely increased over turnout for last year’s gubernatorial election, but still remained lower than numbers set in the 2000 presidential election, according to two different exit polls. Voters between the ages of 18 and 24 comprised about 7 percent of the total voter turnout […]

Workers with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority went on strike midnight Monday, shutting down Los Angeles County’s largest bus system and potentially leaving thousands of commuters ““ including UCLA students and workers ““ stranded. The MTA operates the main bus lines in Los Angeles County, including Metro Rapid ““ a subway and a light rail system […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger became the next governor of California Tuesday night as voters decided to recall incumbent Gov. Gray Davis from office and replace him with the businessman and movie star-turned-politician. With 60.4 percent of precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, 54.9 percent of voters favored recalling Davis and 48.5 percent voted for Schwarzenegger as […]

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a nationally renowned civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition ““ a progressive coalition that advocates social change ““ is scheduled to appear in Bruin Plaza today. Jackson hopes to urge students to vote against the recall and Proposition 54, student government officials and a spokesman for Rainbow/Push said. Jackson’s […]