President Bush nominated a relatively unknown Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on Monday morning in a decision that has many on Capitol Hill and across the country wondering who she is. Read more...

When New Orleans residents got the order to evacuate the city days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in late August, Robert Stein wasn’t too worried. The six-year New Orleans resident and Tulane University Law School student loaded his two dogs and one cat into his sport utility vehicle and drove with his girlfriend to Memphis. Read more...

Student governments will have a little extra elbow room going into this academic year as the students’ association board of directors passed a motion to re-allocate space within Kerckhoff Hall. Read more...

A task force to review faculty diversity at the University of California began visiting campuses last week, the first step in UC President Robert Dynes’ plan to assess and improve minority representation in the university’s faculty. Read more...

Despite being struck by tragedy recently, with the devastation of the tsunami followed by the assassination of their foreign minister, the American-Sri Lankan community had something to celebrate Sunday night ““ their culture. Read more...

While $350,000 might seem like a lot of money to the average student, to the UC Board of Regents it apparently isn’t nearly enough ““ in November the board will weigh a proposal to increase salaries of administrators who make at least that much in a year. Read more...

For fourth-year American literature and culture student Rebecca Buel, brush fires have become a yearly threat to her home. Just days ago, Buel and her family watched from their Simi Valley house as fires raged in the nearby hills. Read more...