Only after earning a law degree, a master’s degree in public policy and a master’s degree in law did Alfonso Galindo learn that to really effect change in his native Mexico, he would have to abandon the political path in favor of an academic one. Read more...

There is something about being on campus at night. The trees quiver under a jet-black sky, and the buildings stand stoically ““ resting up for the next day’s onslaught of eager students, pounding the pavement in search of knowledge. Read more...

With an additional $4 billion in the state budget for the 2005-2006 year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to increase funding to transportation and cut deficit spending. Read more...

A case that was originally filed with the Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board with the hopes of overturning the results of last Thursday’s undergraduate student government elections will be retracted before it is ever heard by the Judicial Board. Read more...

The university is encouraging students to dust off their bike helmets and put away the car keys for Bike to Campus Week, the culmination of more than a year of meetings, ideas and planning geared toward improving transportation for cyclists. Read more...

Military jet company wins new contract EL SEGUNDO “”mdash; Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday it won a $3.2 billion multi-year contract to continue work as a subcontractor to Boeing Co., helping to produce the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. Read more...

State Sen. Gil Cedillo spoke at Royce Hall Thursday night in an event hosted by the Honors Fellows to discuss a variety of topics, including driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. Read more...