It just wouldn’t be summer without a huge wave of media-driven hysteria. Last year’s “summer of the shark” sent Americans scurrying from the beaches. This summer, round-the-clock kidnapping coverage has filled the fear-gap, leaving parents and children in a frenetic state of alert. Read more...

By Ali Moossavi University Wire George W. Bush is trying to wage war against Iraq in order to topple a dictator who poses a threat to his neighbors and the world, despite his diminished political and military importance. Read more...

Smokers to unfairly bear deficit burden In the midst of a financial crisis, the California state Legislature has found an easy way to try to balance the budget: Pick on the little guy. Read more...

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The Undergraduate Student Association Council chose the wrong year to start a budgetary revolution. Despite being given roughly $30,000 less in discretionary funds by the Associated Students of UCLA than last year’s council, it is trying to drastically increase the amount of funding some groups receive. Read more...

The cafeteria bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem last Wednesday hit closer to home than past hostile attacks in Israel because five Americans, including Marla Bennett, a UC Berkeley alumna, were killed. Read more...

The University of California and the state government claim they have a partnership ““ a relationship that should, by definition, benefit both parties. But both need to take a closer look at what each promised to give, and what they can provide: the UC has yet to see the budget increase the state promised, and a state audit reveals the UC has grown faster in management, rather than academic staff. Read more...