Legal politics may have shattered the momentum of the forces trying to remove Gov. Gray Davis from office. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to postpone the California recall election until six counties ““ including Los Angeles ““ can replace old voting systems prone to error. If […]
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Online exclusive: Shelley and panel highlight, respond to recall concerns
Voting in the October recall may not be as easy as simply choosing a candidate, according to California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and a panel of experts who discussed the issue Wednesday night at Schoenberg Hall. At an event sponsored by UCLA Government & Community Relations, The League of Women Voters and the California […]
27 cars burglarized in campus lots during month of July
For history Professor Kevin Terraciano, it wasn’t the first time ““ or the second. “This is the third time in three years that our car has been vandalized,” he said. “This time, they smashed the whole passenger-side window ““ just to take the parking permit.” Terraciano is not alone. According to a bulletin released by […]
Graduate students seek to prevent hike
Attorneys for eight students suing the University of California Board of Regents will seek a preliminary injunction in court Aug. 13 which would prevent the university from implementing a 25 percent increase in professional school fees this fall. The students, including UCLA law student John Alden, filed the lawsuit July 24, alleging the university breached […]
California’s political roots, laws recalled
William Taft was president of the United States, and the U.S. Department of Labor did not yet exist. Ragtime was on the rise as a music genre, and the Titanic was in its final stages of construction. It was 1911 ““ the year California’s recall law was born under the leadership of Hiram Johnson, the […]
Class-action lawsuit filed against Board of Regents
A group of eight University of California students filed a class-action lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents on July 24, claiming the UC breached contracts made with students when raising student fees. The plaintiffs allege that the university failed to give sufficient notice of fee increases that affected students enrolled for spring and summer […]
Library to cut some subscriptions
The UCLA Library will cancel over 1,400 academic journals and database subscriptions this coming year as it faces budget cuts and serial price inflation. Associate University Librarian Cynthia Shelton said the cancellations ““ the first of their kind in over five years ““ are expected to save $450,000 at a time when the budget outlook […]