Few UCLA students ever have the opportunity to interact with the
top administrator at their university, let alone take a class with
him.
But for a group of about twenty undergraduates taking a Fiat Lux
seminar taught by Chancellor Albert Carnesale this quarter, this is
the case.

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Newly elected State Superintendent of
Public Education Jack O’Connell outlined his plans for the
year at an inaugural celebration at UCLA on Thursday.

The University of California is questioning how its reputation
and competitiveness with other universities could be affected by
the new state budget cuts. The university judges itself against a
group of similar public and private universities, dubbed the
“comparison eight,” but the cuts in university programs
and rise in student fees resulting from the proposed budget may
leave UCLA lagging behind some.

Canada, eh?
In record numbers, American students, looking for a cheap but
high quality education, have begun to apply to Canada’s
universities when going through the college admissions process.

For months, headlines like “Bush Signals: The Time to Act
is Now” and “Italy Braces for Anti-War Clashes”
have filled the airwaves and news pages on a daily basis.

Propositions F and H, meant to break the San Fernando Valley and
Hollywood from Los Angeles, may have failed to pass in
Tuesday’s elections, but do not expect proponents of
secession to start singing Randy Newman’s “I Love
L.A.” just yet.