By Richard Clough bruin senior staff [email protected] Catholics across Southern California and throughout the world mourned the death of Pope John Paul II in a series of weekend Masses, sharing memories and reflecting on the legacy of a leader remembered for his worldliness. Read more...

When I was 11 years old, my dad took my sisters and me downtown to ride the newly opened Metropolitan Transportation Authority Red Line subway. We drove downtown, parked our car, and hopped on the subway to explore this new and exciting transportation option. Read more...

Earning a degree is hard enough. Earning one while raising a family in Westwood is even harder. Fourth-year political science student Sean Davis lives in a one bedroom apartment on Kelton Avenue with his wife, Katrina, and 6-month-old daughter, Emilie, while he balances the responsibilities of earning a university degree and the pace of life in a college town while being a father in a new family. Read more...

The effort put forward by a group of students to change the format of the undergraduate student government to a senate system has been halted because the signatures gathered to initiate a special election were not verified. Read more...

The UCLA International Conference Series in Armenian Studies commemorated the 90th Anniversary of the Ottoman Turkish genocide of Armenians in a three-day conference held this weekend. Read more...

City of South Gate settles $1.6 million lawsuit SOUTH GATE -“”mdash; A week before the case was set for trial, the city of South Gate agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former assistant police chief. Read more...

VATICAN CITY – John Paul II, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and helped topple communism in Europe while becoming the most-traveled pope, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment after a long public struggle against debilitating illness. Read more...