In a post-revolutionary Egypt, the subject of politics is difficult to avoid.

The age-old stereotype says most students enter law school for three different reasons: to get rich quick, to climb the social ladder or to impress family.

New Undergraduate Students Association Council officers are setting a promising tone for the coming year’s student-faculty relations as they prepare to reintroduce a faculty representative to the council.

The story is not new: California is losing money for public education, and students are suffering. But a new study released by the Public Policy Institute of California gives us a new perspective on the implications of these budget cuts for the state as a whole.

More than 15 years ago, UCLA established the LGBT Campus Resource Center. It was ahead of the curve at the time, and UCLA was ranked No. 1 along with 18 other colleges by the Campus Pride index of colleges as a gay-friendly campus in 2010.

In what has been dubbed as “Student Speak Out,” law students from UCLA assembled in the hallway of the Law School to inform their peers of discrimination and antagonism of minorities behind the scenes.

In a decision likely to prove problematic for both the public and police officers, Alameda County Judge Evelio Grillo ruled that parts of the UC Davis Task Force report investigating November’s pepper-spray incident should be released to the public, with most of the names of the police redacted.

A ban in November on smoking in or near University of California medical centers began a string of planned changes in smoking policy for the UC system.

College students from across California gathered to bring their grievances to the Capitol building in Sacramento on Monday. Some marched all the way from the Bay Area, and some, including almost 70 UCLA students, made the journey north, culminating in a march of thousands advocating for solutions to the diminishing funds to California’s public universities.

Legislation has been re-introduced to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses in an effort spearheaded by Gil Cedillo, assemblyman of California’s 45th district.