College stores in the University of California system will support a recently launched campaign to lower the costs of textbooks for students. The campaign, led by the California Public Interest Research Group, aims to change practices of publishing companies that produce new editions of textbooks with minor revisions, resulting in a significant increase in textbook prices for students. Read more...

The California Public Interest Research Group is conducting a survey to research the reasons behind increasing textbook prices at universities. The study, which will be published early next year, will contain student, faculty and bookstore surveys regarding textbook sales and prices and will offer price comparisons between textbooks at different universities. Read more...

Brandon Reilly seemed like the perfect college candidate. He had a 4.2 GPA, he was the opinions editor of his high school newspaper, and he was a leader in his church youth group. Read more...

As wildfires torched California, advocates of President George Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative” renewed calls for tree-thinning measures designed to help prevent damaging forest fires. The House of Representatives and Senate recently passed bills that would lead to thinning by revising U.S. Read more...

Two weeks ago, UCLA students rallied with strikers at the Westwood Ralphs and showed their support at an informational forum on the Hill. One week ago, the supermarket union moved strikers from Ralphs locations to Vons and Albertsons stores. Read more...

Veterans Day is a celebration of those who served their country, but one local veteran looks at the Nov. 11 holiday not with pride, but bitterness. Read more...