Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante was accused last week of poor attendance at university board meetings by state Sen. Bruce McPherson, R-Santa Cruz. McPherson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in this November’s elections, said Bustamante attended only 17 percent of University of California Board of Regents meetings and only 4 percent of California State University Board of Trustees meetings. Read more...

Californians have always been independent thinkers, but two recent state laws show that we also take action when necessary. On Sept. 22, California became the first state to sanction human embryonic stem cell research. Read more...

British intelligence or Iraqi intelligence: Which do you trust? The answer to that question has significant implications for the United States because if we believe the British, war is in our future. Read more...

In the fast paced, mile-a-minute society that we live in, it seems we are a culture that embraces a credo: the faster the better. Warp speed is the only way we know how to do things. Read more...

What is your favorite and least favorite thing about Westwood? Violette Geogiyesh Fourth-year, Psychology “My favorite thing is downtown and least favorite is the parking. There are a lot of places to hang out–different cafes, places to get food, the independent movie theater. Read more...

The Sept. 11 editorial in the Daily Bruin posed a question to readers: Is America doing anything to change its ways so that this doesn’t happen again? Read more...

What were you doing when you found out about the sept. 11 attacks on the world trade center and what was your reaction? Amy Choi Fourth-year, Communication studies “I was driving and I heard about it on the radio. Read more...