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...

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...

She doesn’t know where her brother is; she won’t see him until April next year, but she nevertheless supports him like a loving sister. First-year biochemistry student Therese Cresalia is just one of many UCLA students who has family and friends who are serving their country thousands of miles away. Read more...