In the first and perhaps only time before the Oct. 7 recall election, all five major candidates vying to replace Gov. Gray Davis, including actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, squared off in a heated debate that attempted to deal with serious issues facing California but at times dissolved into a series of personal spats. Read more...

Council supports same-sex marriage The undergraduate student government passed a resolution in support of same-sex marriage at its meeting Tuesday night. The resolution states that “(the Undergraduate Students Association Council) shall vigorously support legislation that benefits the (Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.” Internal Vice President Allende Palma Saracho said USAC passed the resolution because the ability to “express one’s love for one another should not be questioned.” The resolution was passed two weeks before UCLA’s National Coming Out Week 2003 Celebration. Read more...

On Sunday, the Welcome Back Concert gave students a chance to enjoy musical performances and bring in the fall quarter. It also left out the riot police and mass crowding associated with the event it replaced: Black Sunday. Read more...

It would be the equivalent of increasing University of California student fees $4,000 per year or removing the freshman class from each of the system’s campuses. Read more...

Economists for the UCLA Anderson Forecast issued Wednesday a less-than-optimistic quarterly prediction for economic conditions to come despite talk in recent weeks that economies on both local and state levels are on the rebound. Read more...

Young voters are largely ignored by elected officials, and there seems to be nothing on the horizon to suggest this trend will change ““ unless young people take the lead themselves. Read more...