Two men arrested in UCLA hospital stabbings set to appear in court

This post was updated at 4:35 p.m. Two men arrested Sunday for stabbing on-duty UCLA hospital nurses are set to appear in court for a formal reading of their charges. Ramiro Carnalla, 26, is being charged with one felony count each of attempted murder and resisting executive officer, and two misdemeanor counts of assault and […]

UCLA admissions rate drops below 20 percent

UCLA’s admission rate for freshmen dropped below 20 percent for the first time this year amid growing numbers of applicants and increasing competition. UCLA accepted only 18.2 percent of its freshman applicants for the 2014-2015 year, or 15,760 of a total 86,521 students who applied. Last year, it accepted 20.1 percent. However, UC Berkeley is […]

Deferred maintenance may cause UC physical, fiscal harm

A growing number of University of California campus facilities are aging and falling into disrepair, becoming one of the UC’s biggest costs and problems for the future, according to a recent report by a nonpartisan state analysts office. Deferred maintenance projects are building repairs or upgrades that have been delayed, often due to funding constraints. […]

USAC votes to create referendum on possible transfer seat

Undergraduate student government leaders unanimously voted Tuesday to place a referendum on the spring elections ballot that calls for the creation of a transfer representative council seat. Though the referendum failed to gather signatures from the 15 percent of undergraduate students needed to put it on the ballot, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in […]