UC Board of Regents approves a 9.6 percent tuition increase for 2011-2012

San Francisco “”mdash; UC students are looking at a double-digit tuition hike this fall after the latest action taken today by the UC Board of Regents at its bimonthly meeting at UC San Francisco.

The regents voted 14-4 to approve an increase of 9.6 percent on top of the 8 percent hike approved in November ““ a total increase of 17.6 percent. California families who make more than $120,000 annually will now pay $12,192 in tuition.

For UCLA alumna Jennifer Jajeh, working in entertainment offers way to create meaning, explore people's lives

In addition to being both writer and star of the critically successful solo theater show “I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You,” UCLA alumna Jennifer Jajeh finds other outlets for her creative and performing energies.

NBA draft: Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee both second-round picks

UCLA coach Ben Howland is fine with his players leaving early for the NBA, so long as they’re projected to go in the first round of the draft, where the team commitment is stronger and the money is guaranteed.

Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee added their names to a long list of Bruins to leave UCLA early, but on Thursday at the 2011 NBA draft in Newark, N.J., neither could find the landing spot in the first round many of their predecessors did.

Honeycutt was the first Bruin to be selected, going with the fifth pick in the second round, No. 35 overall, to the Sacramento Kings.