BURLINGTON, Vt. “”mdash; Faster than you can say dot-com bust, Howard Dean’s quest for the presidency ended Wednesday as the Democrat, winless in 17 contests, bowed to political reality and abandoned his bid. Read more...

Jane Shevtsov understands that Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has almost no chance of winning. Yet the third-year ecology, behavior and evolution student feels an obligation to dedicate her time to being a research assistant on national issues for the Kucinich campaign. Read more...

The UCLA Student Committee for the Arts is known for bringing big-name concerts to campus, from Love and Arthur Lee last year to George Clinton in spring 2002. Read more...

The city has cracked down on its casual enforcement of a law prohibiting vehicles from blocking the sidewalk because of a complaint that the North Village is inaccessible to wheelchairs. Read more...

Benedict Oladele, an international scholar from Nigeria, often has lunch with his friend Gary Moore, who drives a campus shuttle. While eating lunch and taking breaks from their busy schedules, the two share experiences from their different backgrounds. Read more...

As budgetary pressures and burgeoning enrollment close in on colleges and universities nationwide, many institutions are trying to accelerate students’ road to graduation. But The University of California is holding its course for now and resisting pressure from the state Legislature to discourage students from taking extra units and spending more time on a university campus. Read more...

Professor Michael Dukakis knows everybody’s name. He’s an engaging teacher, teasing the answers out of his students even when they don’t quite know what to say. Read more...