The UCLA Hammer Museum will host a discussion forum tonight featuring musician, music executive and feminist figure Ani DiFranco and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi.

With the California primary elections less than a month away, absentee ballots provide students with a quick and easy way to vote, but some recommend that students take the time to visit the polls in person.

The U.S. House of Representatives created legislation last week that will address the high costs of college textbooks more comprehensively than similar legislation passed in California last month.

The House of Representatives proposed changes and additions to the Higher Education Act last Friday that will affect students in many areas, including illegal downloading, student fees, accreditation practices and student loans.

In an effort to address the rising costs of public education, Congress may begin to penalize states that cut funding for higher education.