What new stores would you like to see in Westwood Village to replace recently closed stores? Amy Eng Third-year, molecular, cell and developmental biology “I think there are a lot of small food stores, but I’d like to see bigger chains. Read more...

Tax cuts are not the answer If I didn’t know any better, Garin Hovannisian’s column (“Schwarzenegger’s budget cuts more efficient,” Jan. 8) might have convinced me that, prior to the arrival of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state of California had been operating as a utopian socialist republic rather than a state with many of the country’s worst public school systems, an atrocious transportation network, a welfare system under which absolutely nobody involved is faring well, millions of citizens lacking adequate healthcare coverage, millions more living below the poverty line, a grossly under-funded state park system, countless imperiled environments, and two rapidly deteriorating public university systems under which students are regularly being asked to pay substantially more for substantially less.  Contrary to Schwarzenegger’s battle cry, California does have a tax crisis. Read more...

Thirty thousand deaths, 30,000 injuries, 75,000 left homeless, 131 schools damaged or destroyed, 85 percent of buildings destroyed, and the loss of one of the world’s historical treasures. Read more...

As the University of California considers reevaluating its admission policies, many argue that schools like UCLA should not adjust their current policies. Many people believe that the system used now accurately predicts future academic performance in college. Read more...

It is way past time we reevaluate our drug policies. The manner in which the Federal Drug Administration decides how to classify and regulate drugs is incomprehensible. Read more...

A new year, a new quarter. It’s a time to reevaluate ourselves, our values, our ideals. Particularly now, as the state of the state is in crisis, our government must reevaluate the efficacy of our social programs. Read more...

One single cow has turned my world as a beef management specialist at the University of California, Davis, upside down.  Born in Canada where it was probably exposed to the infectious agent as a young animal, the cow tested positive in Washington state for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease. Read more...