By Ellen Kang Daily Bruin Contributor More than 1.5 million Afghan orphans living in sub-poverty levels are victims of decades of wars, “the dark era of the Taliban,” and are the price paid for peace, say members of International Orphan Care. Read more...

Click Here to See Larger Image By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Students and administrators are determining how student governments across the University of California can legally distribute money to campus groups, revising fee guidelines that have not been updated in nearly eight years. Read more...

  TYSON EVANS Herb Wesson, from the district that will soon include UCLA, and his wife celebrate his inauguration as speaker of the State Assembly in Royce Hall, Friday. Read more...

UCR prof knows the Olympics As Thomas Scanlon watches the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, he will be pondering the past. A classics professor at UC Riverside, Scanlon is an expert on the first Olympics, which began in 776 B.C. Read more...

USAC officer leaves mid-term The Undergraduate Students Association Council is without a financial supports commissioner. Former commissioner Kim Coss formerly resigned Tuesday due to “personal reasons” she would not disclose. Read more...

By Teri H.P. Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor Cal Grant applications are due in a few weeks, and the increased availability of money this year for students comes as welcome news for many who rely on financial aid for their college expenses. Read more...