The Top 5: Earthquake in Japan, Numbers and Budgets

Whew! My first full week as your substitute editor and it turned out to be quite the week, what with the release of new census data and the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Thanks to our great contributors on the site, who made my week a lot easier.

Here are five of the biggest and/or most interesting stories from the week.

Needless to say, Friday's earthquake in Japan was the big story. While it was devastating and frightening, . Still, our prayers and thoughts are with the Japanese people.

Numbers tell the story—and .

The onto the West L.A. College campus in order to ease neighbors' concerns.

I really liked this profile of a taking a very long walk for peace.

And, finally, our student columnist Zach Lange expressed himself very eloquently about