This is the only time my picture will be in the paper this year. So remember it. Because if we ever meet, and I have to remind you where I work, you’ll probably give me “the look.” Perhaps you’ve experienced the look. Read more...

For most students, the upcoming statewide special election in November will likely have an indirect or long-term effect, rather than impacting their daily lives. There will be eight ballot propositions on the Nov. Read more...

With the fall quarter about to begin and gas prices at all-time highs, Transportation Services is offering a pilot program with the city’s Metro bus line in an effort to promote the use of alternative modes of transportation. Read more...

If you’re an incoming freshman, the fight for the diversity requirement at UCLA may be older than you are. Student supporters of a general education diversity requirement have fought for the past 18 years to get the requirement implemented, but after failing yet again in a faculty vote last fall, campaigners are turning up their volumes. Read more...

By Melinda Dudley BRUIN Senior Staff [email protected] In the weeks after the California Legislature passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, and while awaiting the governor’s promised veto of the measure, student advocates say they are disappointed but will continue to fight for the right of gays and lesbians to marry. Read more...

Taco Bell is back. After almost a year off campus, the Cooperage reintroduced the popular eatery Sept. 19, just over a week before the start of fall quarter. Read more...

Do you know what RedEye is? You could be excused if you didn’t. I sure didn’t, until this summer. RedEye is a fairly new, 25 cent tabloid in Chicago that defines its mission as: “To deliver a distinctive and credible daily news report ““ in a concise, commuter friendly format ““ that informs, entertains, interests, provokes and is relevant to Chicago’s young city dwellers.” That actually sounds something like The Daily Bruin’s mission statement ““ except for maybe the part about Chicago and being “commuter friendly.” But that’s about where the similarities end. Read more...