Author Archives: Nancy Su

By Nancy Su Bruin Contributor nsu@media.ucla.edu The UC-managed and recently problem-ridden Los Alamos National Laboratory attracts as many as 3,000 students to their prestigious programs over the summer months. Students from nearby universities like the University of New Mexico and from more distance colleges such as the UCs flock to the lab year round to […]

The recent resignation of UC Regent Haim Saban reduced the UC Board of Regents from 26 members to 25, but the change would have been hardly noticeable at its bimonthly meeting last week. With a 74 percent attendance average by the regents, the board is used to functioning without all of its members present. The […]

The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to increase the minimum GPA required for eligibility for admission to the University of California, though members of the board were divided in the decision. The motion to increase minimum GPA from 2.8 to 3.0 effective for the incoming fall class of 2007 passed by a 9-4 vote […]

In order to graduate with as little debt as possible, third-year law student Colin Bailey works for a legal clinic while going to school, and may take another job to help pay for his educational expenses. University of California fee increases in recent years have forced some students in professional schools to reconsider their career […]

An order by the San Francisco Superior Court to block fee increases for some professional-school students last week is forcing the University of California to begrudgingly lower student fees in what could cost the university as much as $15 million in fee revenue. A preliminary injunction issued by the court will prohibit the university from […]

Four more employees suspected of being involved in the security incident that shut down the Los Alamos National Laboratory were placed on investigatory leave last week, bringing the total number of employees on leave up to 23. Work was halted on July 16 at the University of California-run lab due to the disappearance of two […]

Some administrative work has resumed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory while research remains on hold after the lab was shut down on July 16. The loss of two highly classified portable zip drives from the laboratory’s Weapons Physics Directorate prompted officials to shut down the lab and are still missing after nearly three weeks. […]