Though the lights of the Mann Village and Bruin movie theaters will continue to vibrantly flash on the corner of Broxton and Weyburn avenues, the static lights of the Mann National Theatre may soon go dim. Read more...

While some members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council have made concrete progress on keeping their campaign promises, others are still in the planning and research stages of their projects, and have only until spring to fulfill the promises they made to students when they were elected. Read more...

By its own choice, this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council is less political than past councils have been, but not everyone agrees that decreased politicking will make the council more effective. Read more...

A report released Tuesday by the University of California examining the cost of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays found that the government spent $363.8 million over the course of nine years to implement the program. Read more...

Silence. That’s the military’s solution to addressing discrimination and diversity within its own ranks ““ and it’s costing the U.S. in more ways than one. A study released Tuesday by a University of California group found that the cost of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy ““ which prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the military ““ was at least $364 million, almost double what the government estimated when it looked at the issue last year. Read more...

As President Bush works to cut the federal deficit in half by 2009, recently released budget documents project a trend of deep funding reductions for many domestic programs “”mdash; for higher education. Read more...

Former ambassador Princeton Lyman had one main message for the 30 or so students and faculty gathered in Bunche Hall on Tuesday evening: Africa is becoming more and more central to the U.S., and not just in terms of humanitarian and charity concerns. Read more...