Whether it’s a tiny first kitchen, a dorm room or just restocking time, these basics make cooking easier and more flavorful:

The operator of California’s ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant proposed Thursday to restart one of its shuttered reactors after concluding it could be run safely despite damage to scores of tubes that carry radioactive water.

Nationally and at Baylor, people are gathering to celebrate the life work of Mahatma Gandhi by serving their local community on Saturday.

The event, called Be the Change, is coordinated nationally by SAALT, South Asian Americans Leading Together, to honor Gandhi.

Racers, start your mattresses.
At Thursday’s Student Senate meeting, the Alpha Tau Omega Bed Races bill was formally passed 41-1. Student Senate will provide $5,000 in funding for the event.
The lone dissenting senator of the evening was Houston senior Daniel Lin.