I remember the day I fell in love. Standing on tiptoe to look at the pages of the Complete Webster’s Dictionary, at 5 years old I knew I was in, and I was in deep.

When he finished studying physics and philosophy at Cal State Fresno, Dustin Ancalade spent a year doing nonprofit work in Atlanta. There, for the first time, he found himself examining questions of race, culture and, most importantly, what he thought it meant to be black.

In the wake of recent buzz about a slowing economy and collapsing lending market, university officials said students should not worry about receiving financial aid for the upcoming academic year.

In his last State of the Union address, President George W. Bush urged Congress to continue its support for the war in Iraq and to move quickly to jump-start a slowing economy.

The University of California stands to lose a net of $109 million under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2008-2009 budget.

In response to the UC Board of Regents’ convening on campus this week, students and legislators have been vocal about their opposition to many of the regents’ policies and potential decisions during the course of the three-day meeting.

In an effort to bring one of India’s most dazzling festivals to campus, the Hindu Students Council and Bharatiyam, the Indian graduate student group, hosted Diwali celebrations Thursday.

In an effort to combat what could be an enormous deficit in next year’s state budget, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s financial advisors have suggested he consider a 10 percent across-the-board budget cut, H.D. Palmer said.

Former President Bill Clinton was on campus Saturday in an effort to help empower young adults to solve social problems in their communities.

In hopes of encouraging young adults to become active in their communities, The American Democracy Institute will be hosting the Empower Change Summit on Saturday at Royce Hall.