A campaign to establish a legislative branch in the undergraduate student government is scheduled to launch next week and could become the defining issue of the council’s elections in the spring. Read more...

Almost 1,400 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since the invasion. Many signed up for the military during a time of peace ““ and had almost no expectation that they could fight and die in such a faraway land. Read more...

By the conclusion of the undergraduate student government meeting on Tuesday, the appointment of the election board chairperson was still not established. In fact, the overdue issue was not addressed at all. Read more...

High school editor punished for gay student profiles FULLERTON “”mdash; A top editor at Troy High School’s newspaper was punished for profiling three gay students, violating school and state education code rules that prohibit asking students about their sexuality without parental permission. Read more...

Thirty minutes after the bell rang ending the day at Mark Twain Middle School in Venice, a group of young women had some important decisions to make ““ should they buy new clothes for their baby or pay for cable? Read more...

USC scientist charged with molestation A renowned gene therapy scientist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to molesting a young girl he instructed in martial arts. Dr. William French Anderson, 68, director of the Gene Therapies Laboratories at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, remained free on $600,000 bail. Read more...