Why is Black History Month the only month dedicated to an ethnicity? Do you think this is appropriate? Tanzib Hossain Second-year, biology “I think the main reason is because in the history of the U.S., the African Americans, next to the Caucasians, have been here longer than any other race. Read more...

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Joe D’Amore says that people who have tasted his pizza always come back for more. “It feels like love at first bite,” said Dave Abbot, a first-time D’Amore’s Pizza Connection customer. Read more...

California quarter rolls out today SACRAMENTO “”mdash; The California quarter makes its debut today. The quarter, which depicts conservationist John Muir gazing at Yosemite’s Half Dome as a California condor flies overhead, is the 31st 25-cent coin to be produced as part of a 10-year, 50-state quarters program conducted by the U.S. Read more...

President Bush was quick to proclaim the Iraqi election a success. But the United States’ nation-building exercise is still a fragile work in progress and Iraq’s quasi-democracy should not be the catalyst for future policy decisions. Read more...

Carolyn Hong arrived back in the United States last August after studying the works of Romantic writers in England. Now she prepares to return to England, this time to study at Shakespeare’s birthplace. Read more...

IRVINE “”mdash; Hours before sunrise Friday morning, four Iraqi immigrants from Arizona parked just outside the locked gate at the El Toro Naval Base near Irvine to wait for their chance to vote. Read more...