The City of West Hollywood has become the first city in Southern California to officially adopt a resolution making the casual use of marijuana a low-priority offense. This resolution instructs law enforcement to essentially turn the other cheek when dealing with recreational pot users as long as the user is not a minor, and it is not being used on public property or intended for sale.

A proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting the desecration of the American flag did not pass in the U.S. Senate June 27 by a vote of 66-34, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to submit the bill to the states for ratification, according to the Library of Congress.

Members of California's Assembly/Senate Budget Conference Committee voted unanimously against adding $75.7 million June 11-12 to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2006-2007 CSU budget, according to the California Faculty Association. Despite ongoing efforts made by the CFA to gain Assembly support for the additional 3 percent increase, the committee voted to maintain the Senate's original budget, which gives the CSU system 3 percent already included in the governor's May budget revision.

Inside Joy McConnell's office, there is a wall lined with file cabinets containing police reports, traffic citations, court subpoenas and other important police records. McConnell, records administrator of CSUN's Public Safety Department, is responsible for dealing with a great number of forms that go to the department daily.

As I listened anxiously to the financial aid representative on the other end of the phone line, all I could think was "I need to buy books, pay for my parking permit, get money for gas, pay for day care? and there's no way I'll be able to afford it." In April, I had everything planned out.