As the hope for peace and diplomacy receded late Tuesday, Gore Vidal ““ World War II veteran, author and anti-war activist ““ spoke about peace, imperialism and the president to an audience that filled Royce Hall to capacity. Read more...

With American missiles pounding Baghdad for the second straight night, Iraqi forces returned fire in Kuwait and may have set oil fields on fire in retaliation. Read more...

Whether groups protesting military action in Iraq will succeed in stopping the war cannot be predicted. What is clear is that they do not plan to stop protesting. Read more...

Affirmative action supporters have been more vocal on campus than the policy’s opponents, but they may not be as numerous as their voices would suggest. Policy-watchers, including professors and a UC regent, said obstacles like intimidation may be muffling the opposition’s case. Read more...

In the aftermath of what was perhaps the largest student demonstration against war since Vietnam, some are saying what was called a peaceful rally on March 5 was actually quite unruly. Read more...

Ejaculating, popping pills for extra cash ““ in times of financial strain, some students will do just about anything to make ends meet. In need of money, Bruins and students at other universities sometimes resort to quirky jobs and drastic measures. Read more...

Garrett Lemire, a third-year international affairs student, died Saturday in a cycling accident in Tucson, Ariz. He was 22. Lemire, who was participating in the eighteenth annual Tucson Bicycle Classic, was killed in a head-on collision with a car after swerving out of the way of a group of riders who had fallen along the route. Read more...