_UCLA should encourage students to go beyond the minimal foreign language requirement_

Gyanam Mahajan, lecturer and language program coordinator for the UCLA South and Southeast Asian languages and cultures, always starts the first day of class with a joke: What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call a person who speaks one? American.

_UC’s generous $200 million loan to the state will reap rewards in the long run_

California needs to find cash soon, according to a letter to Congress from the California State Controller John Chiang. To track down these funds, the state has come up with some creative options, including borrowing from the University of California.