Men's soccer holds onto first-half lead to defeat Tulsa

Coming back home after a difficult East Coast road trip, the UCLA men’s soccer team got another huge lift from their true freshman goalkeeper as well as a timely strike from a substitute.

After a number of chances, UCLA finally picked up a first-half goal when junior forward Max Estrada came on as a substitute and whipped a header into the back of the net in the 43rd minute.

Santa Monica College to eliminate winter classes because of state budget cuts

Santa Monica College will eliminate winter session classes for the upcoming school year in response to budget cuts from the state, officials said this week.

Getting rid of the six-week winter session can save Santa Monica College $2.5 million, Donald Girard, senior director of government relations and institutional communications at the Santa Monica campus, told the Los Angeles Times.

During the 2011-12 fiscal year, the college received approximately $8 million in funding cuts.