Atlas Shrugged,” one of the best-known college cult books there ever was, is a bit lonely these days. I saw a copy outside of the bookstore last week for the first time since fall quarter and got to wondering if the cult book phenomenon on college campuses is now limited to “The Da Vinci Code.” The energy that “Atlas” generated in the early 1960s had an intellectual romance about it that the Harry Potter series can’t compete with. Read more...

With Graduate Student Association elections just a few days away, three candidates are competing for the core position of vice president of internal affairs. The candidates, Marilyn Gray, Eric Lai, and Laith Mahmood, all confident contenders, focus on different issues. Read more...

Many members of the Jewish community used Holocaust Remembrance Day this Sunday to reflect upon the genocide that occurred during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Read more...

When graduate students hit the online polls for the Graduate Students Association’s general elections starting Thursday, they will be hard-pressed to find candidates with much GSA-related experience ““ a situation that worries some current officers. Read more...

Though there are five contenders running for the office of vice president of academic affairs in the Graduate Student Association, they all share one goal ““ working to ensure academic rights for graduate students.  The candidates, Jefferson Eppler, Anita Garcia, Amanda Lipon, Kyle McJunkin and Michelle Sugi say they are determined to bring a positive, and much needed change to GSA.  The vice president of academic affairs is a fairly new position, created two years ago, and entails working with the Academic Senate and different departments on various graduate academic issues and concerns. Read more...

The common campus experience of not being offered the classes needed to graduate places an additional burden on international students ““ an obstacle that could send a few of them packing ahead of schedule. Read more...

I write a column. You read it. That’s a natural connection to make. San Francisco sells a list of the gay couples who got married there before the California Supreme Court halted the practice. Read more...