The publisher of the Los Angeles Times was fired Thursday after he refused to make the cutbacks and staff cuts ordered by the paper’s owner, the Tribune Company ““ a conglomerate that also owns the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel, the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, baseballs’ Chicago Cubs and the distribution rights to South Park. Read more...

It’s nothing more than hypocrisy when a group of student activists tries to prove how open-minded they are by shutting down a viewpoint that opposes their own. Read more...

Barbara Boxer Today, 2 p.m. Public Policy 2343 California Sen. Barbara Boxer is scheduled to speak on campus today about a variety of issues tied to the elections. Read more...

In the only opportunity voters will have to watch California’s top gubernatorial candidates talk face to face, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Democratic opponent, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, are scheduled to debate Saturday evening. Read more...

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved operational funding totaling almost $100,000 for over 100 student groups Tuesday. But this year, more groups applied for funding than have in the past, and because of the increase in applicants all groups received less money. Read more...

Amid chants of “Knowledge! Power!” “Student power!” and “Access granted!” more than 100 students gathered for a rally in Myerhoff Park on Wednesday. The noon rally focused on the decreasing number of black and underrepresented minority students being admitted to UCLA. Read more...

From the Bible Belt to the Moral Majority movement, Christianity is commonly associated with conservatism in contemporary American politics, a coupling Pastor David Hintz believes is mandated by the Bible. Read more...