Virtually every state across the nation faces budget problems, but California’s deficit is by far the largest. When asked to comment on the state’s budget shortfall, California Assembly Speaker Herb J. Read more...

Karen Brodkin’s submission (“Cost of war does domestic harm,” May 12) described numerous areas affected by the United States’ apparent readiness to use war as a solution to world conflicts rather than as a last resort. Read more...

Of the several thousand seniors who will graduate from UCLA this spring, many have begun taking active steps necessary to ensure their success for the years to come. Read more...

Student activism at UCLA is growing. Students now have campus organizations fighting against sweatshops, war and globalization. They are coalitions devoted to the struggle for a more diverse university environment through the reinstatement of affirmative action. Read more...

High school senior Blair Hornstine is suing her high school for making her share the valedictorian honor with two other students with slightly lower GPAs (which are due to the fact that they took P.E. Read more...

As an independent and outgoing Undergraduate Students Association Council member (who is anxiously awaiting graduation), I have tried to remove myself from the electioneering that’s been going on these past couple of weeks. As early as my freshman year, I campaigned hard for the Student Programs and Activities Referendum and know how draining the experience can be. Read more...

Bill Bennet, former United States drug czar and author of moralistic rants, such as “The Death of Outrage,” is just one example of how harmful and hypocritical it is for major public figures to involve themselves in questions of personal morality. Read more...