President Bush proposed comprehensive reforms in the Pell Grant program last week to finance a new grant program for college students studying math and science, causing some higher education organizations to be concerned about the initiative’s scope and cost. Read more...

Sarah Tin, coordinator of CALPIRG’s hunger and homelessness relief program, looked to both a fellow volunteer and a Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian for inspiration to lead nearly 100 college and high school students to combat hunger and homelessness in the Los Angeles area Saturday, during the organization’s 20th annual Hunger Cleanup. Read more...

Palestine Awareness Week starts today on campus, with different events planned through Thursday. The week will include presentations by professors, journalists and others who have visited this contested area of the Middle East. Read more...

If you’ve ever taken an organized tour in a foreign country, you will remember the ubiquitous bubbly flag-waving guides who unfailingly skip the bad restaurants, ignore the shady neighborhoods, and use an English name to put their followers at ease. Read more...

Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss agreed last week to meet with Westwood community leaders to discuss developer Alan Casden’s proposal to close part of Glendon Avenue for up to one year, but many say Weiss has been largely unresponsive to Westwood Village’s concerns about the $100 million project. Read more...

Imagine yourself in a world where copyright laws are taken way too far. A world in which you can’t play your CD for a friend. A world in which the childhood game of copycat can land you in jail. Read more...

During spring quarter, the biggest headache for many students is finding a home for the next year. Some will opt to commute from home through traffic, while others will luck out and get to stay in the dorms another year as a resident or as staff for the Office of Residential Life.  But most will be poring over classified ads and touring apartment complexes on the weekends. Read more...