More than 500 college mathematics professors from 125 major universities throughout the country will formally express their concern about the rising cost of textbooks by issuing a joint call to action today in Schoenberg Quad. Read more...

Staff members working under the University of California Institute of Labor and Employment continue to go to work every day coordinating research and educational programs, knowing that in only a few months, many of them will be jobless. Read more...

Last weekend, I joined hundreds of students at UCLA to participate in a convention of the California College Republicans. Many in the crowd had flown or driven to our campus with the same zeal and ambitions of the stereotypical student activist. Read more...

Town may soon seize cars of parking violators BLOOMSBURG, Pa. “”mdash; Officials in this northeastern Pennsylvania town have a message for scofflaws: Pay your parking tickets, or the next car you buy may be your own. Read more...

UC study details smoke’s effects on a child’s healing A child’s ability to heal from cuts, burns or infections could be slowed by exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, a new study shows. Read more...

WWII-era mortar shells found on Bay Area beach SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; A woman walking her dog at a local beach last weekend discovered two unexploded mortar shells, police said. Read more...

THI DAO/Daily Bruin Taking a spring break | Jenna Barto, a fourth-year psychology student, Lauren Sonneman, a fourth-year sociology student, and Lyndsay Campbell, a fourth-year world arts and cultures student, enjoy the early spring weather. Read more...