Kicking off the last month of campaigning before the November elections, Gov. Gray Davis and GOP nominee Bill Simon met downtown Los Angeles Monday to exchange barbs and hash out platforms in their only scheduled gubernatorial debate. Read more...

President Bush in a prime-time address called Saddam Hussein a “murderous tyrant” who is a threat to the United States and who must be dealt with by military means if necessary. Read more...

Propposition 47 is not the only bond issue facing Los Angeles-area voters this November. Measure K, if passed, would dedicate $3.35 billion to school district construction by raising local property taxes. Read more...

Petty Theft Two purses were stolen on Oct. 1, one from a car in the Center for Health Sciences lot and the other from a victim at the Doris Stein Eye Research Institute. Read more...

A rally headlined by national gay rights activist Candace Gingrich kicked off National Coming Out Week in Meyerhoff Park Monday. The week-long effort is designed to provide a welcoming environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students to reveal their sexual orientation to the public, and to increase awareness of the LGBT community as a whole. Read more...

The University of California is basing its entire construction budget for fiscal year 2002-2003 on Proposition 47, a bond initiative worth $13.05 billion ““ though the vote’s outcome is uncertain. Read more...

The November elections are looming in the distance, and students are working to ensure that their college-age peers, who constitute 23 million eligible voters, make their political voice heard by showing up to the ballot box. Read more...