Texas became the first state in the nation Friday to mandate vaccination against human papillomavirus for girls entering sixth grade, and it's time California followed its example. Read more...

Boston city officials were alarmed Thursday by “bomblike” objects found around the city. Police closed down bridges and streets to send in bomb squads to defuse the “suspicious devices.” But these were actually electronic boards akin to the Lite-Brite toys that depicted characters from the Cartoon Network show “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” as part of a guerilla marketing campaign. Read more...

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times explained the Latino community’s unwillingness to take out student loans to pay for higher education. Experts in the article explained that students from primarily minority or poor backgrounds would rather fund their educations in a “pay-as-you-go” fashion. Read more...

Last Monday outside the Ashe Center and on Bruin Walk, some students distributed copies of a new magazine called The Advocate. One student even came into the Ashe Center and distributed copies. Read more...

They tell me it’s 26 hours of dancing instead of 24 because it’s a marathon ““ 26 miles. Either way, more than a full day of dancing is kind of insane. Read more...

In some communities struck by Hurricane Katrina, only one in five families has a new home after its old one was destroyed in August 2005. That’s pitiful progress for a year and a half. Read more...

I’d like to think of myself as politically active ““ that I care about the world around me, the impact my country is having on other countries and the social inequalities no rational person can deny exist. Read more...