Many Westwood residents awoke to the smell of smoke early Monday morning when an old fraternity house at 611 Gayley Ave. caught fire. No injuries were reported, and the blaze was quickly controlled and extinguished. Read more...

African refugees of Kala camp in Zambia, where eight UCLA students will be volunteering this summer, are the product of a country divided by violence and are trapped between their uncertain futures and stolen pasts. Read more...

In an attempt to even the playing field in the election process, Proposition 89 will help fund the political campaigns of candidates who do not have the same finances as wealthy candidates with clear monetary advantages. Read more...

Proposition 87 is a good idea. Taxing the oil companies to take $4 billion and use it to fund research into alternative energy sources is an amazing plan ““ and it’s not surprising oil companies such as Chevron are pumping millions of dollars into ad campaigns to convince California otherwise. Read more...

For the small group that finds bliss in a cigarette break, a $2.60 proposed tax on each pack would cripple their smoking habits or at the very least lessen the frequency of those breaks. Read more...

You can’t outlaw abortion. You can only outlaw safe abortion. That phrase or some variation on it has hovered around the debate over abortion laws for some time. Read more...

If Proposition 83’s goal is to protect children from molestation, uselessly putting the offenders through hoops will do little to accomplish that. ENDORSEMENTS Click here to see complete list of Daily Bruin endorsements for the 2006 elections We urge UCLA voters to vote no on Proposition 83. Read more...