The long-standing debate over the government’s role in determining academic curricula will run head-on this week into the struggle for gay rights as the California Senate hears a bill that would require publishers to include gay and lesbian history in public school textbooks. Read more...

Three days after the UC Board of Regents was presented with a sharply critical report condemning University of California officials for their past compensation practices, UC President Robert Dynes announced a series of actions he plans to implement to better the situation. Read more...

For more than 11,000 Skid Row inhabitants, the area bounded by 3rd, 7th, Main and Alameda streets ““ where transients may be arrested for sitting, sleeping, or lying on public sidewalks ““ is the closest thing they have to home. Read more...

Bobby McCue said he often finds homeless people sleeping in the doorway of his Westwood bookstore, effectively blocking him from entering. “This isn’t every day, but it does end up happening … at least once a week,” said McCue, manager of Mystery Bookstore. Read more...

Voting in the graduate student government elections begins today at noon, with election officials stressing the importance of a high voter turnout despite the fairly uncompetitive election. Read more...

Most days Kyle Contarino, homeless and living in Westwood, picks up the Daily Bruin Sports section and imagines what could have been. “I dropped out of high school. Read more...

Editor’s note: In “GSA candidates voice positions” (News, April 17), the story reported that presidential candidate Anthony Dunbar was accused of seeking an endorsement from Shane Markstrum of the Engineering GSA after publicly declaring not to seek endorsements, which may have been a violation of the GSA Elections Code. Read more...