Several weeks ago, the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center was hit with allegations of employee misconduct.

Dear newly elected student leaders,

As the year progresses, even more cuts are being made to UC programs. The most recent victim is the UC’s Education Abroad Program, which will lose $3 million from general funds.

Governor Schwarzenegger, in an effort to help lower prison costs, recently proposed a potential takeover of the California prison health system by the University of California.

On March 4, students across the UCs and across the nation protested against cuts to quality education and educational funding.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced that city employees will soon be facing pay cuts, and thousands of city jobs could be cut. Los Angeles is facing budget constraints that threaten important city services that are essential to the city’s residents.

Over the last couple of weeks the Governor has raised the possibility that Cal Grant funding may be, essentially, decreased.

Corporations are people, too ““ at least, sort of. Because of the recent Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, corporations now have a more defined right to freedom of speech.

UCLA is one of the greatest athletic institutions in the history of collegiate sports.

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen failing to obtain a substantial environmental treaty, and with cap and trade legislation slowing down, it seems that climate change has taken a backseat to the economy and other woes facing Americans.