Author Archives: Sara Taylor

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The UC Board of Regents has all but decided to bid for management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory ““ a decision that was met with anger and loud protests by a group of students present at the Wednesday meeting. Two regental committees ““ Finance and Oversight of the Department of Energy […]

After months of discussion and consideration, the UC Board of Regents is expected to make a final decision on the university’s future involvement with the Los Alamos National Laboratory at its meeting Wednesday. With a final request for proposals released last week, the regents are expected to vote on whether the University of California will […]

The competition for management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory took a step forward Thursday when the final request for proposals was released. Though the University of California has been making preparations to bid for management, they have been waiting for the release of the request to make a final decision. The UC has managed […]

When some picture slavery, they may see historical images of trans-Atlantic slave ships or laborers in cotton fields in the Deep South. But advocates on campus Tuesday said a very different type of slavery exists today ““ downtown, across the street or above mainstream coffee shops in Los Angeles and other major cities. A coalition […]

For the first time since students began their campaign for divestment from Sudan earlier this year, the UC Board of Regents publicly discussed its investments in the country in a meeting at UCLA on Wednesday. It did not address divestment or talk of a genocide, and for now the official response from all regents is […]

With an additional $4 billion in the state budget for the 2005-2006 year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to increase funding to transportation and cut deficit spending. The governor said the growth of the budget to $115.7 billion was “great news for California” as it represented an increase from earlier estimates as well as from last […]

The revision of the 2005-2006 budget is scheduled to be released today and is anticipated with optimism by some, but caution by others. Recently, there has been talk in the media and out of Sacramento about an increase in the California budget this year ““ by a few billion dollars. But experts have questioned this […]