California quarter rolls out today SACRAMENTO “”mdash; The California quarter makes its debut today. The quarter, which depicts conservationist John Muir gazing at Yosemite’s Half Dome as a California condor flies overhead, is the 31st 25-cent coin to be produced as part of a 10-year, 50-state quarters program conducted by the U.S. Read more...

President Bush was quick to proclaim the Iraqi election a success. But the United States’ nation-building exercise is still a fragile work in progress and Iraq’s quasi-democracy should not be the catalyst for future policy decisions. Read more...

Carolyn Hong arrived back in the United States last August after studying the works of Romantic writers in England. Now she prepares to return to England, this time to study at Shakespeare’s birthplace. Read more...

IRVINE “”mdash; Hours before sunrise Friday morning, four Iraqi immigrants from Arizona parked just outside the locked gate at the El Toro Naval Base near Irvine to wait for their chance to vote. Read more...

Four days after a Semester at Sea ship was damaged in the Pacific Ocean by a 50-foot wave, all 990 people on board, including three UCLA students, are doing fine. Read more...

With a large and steadily growing Muslim immigrant population in Europe, many people are questioning whether there will be a smooth transition for this community into European society. Read more...

For seniors who applied to medical schools earlier this academic year, all that remains is to wait and see whether their hard work over the last four years of college will pay off. Read more...