We’re told from the start of freshman year that there are two phases to college life: college, and the “real world.” There might be a difference between the two, but this year’s graduating class shouldn’t be afraid to intertwine them. Read more...

When graduating student Alex Van walks at his commencement ceremony this week, he will be walking with about $25,000 in loans borrowed during his five years at UCLA. Read more...

Following a year of slow economic growth, tiring consumers and industries that are already reaching their maximum potential, business analysts have predicted a sluggish short-term future for the national economy, which they believe is still feeling the impact of the 2001 recession. Read more...

For the Class of 2005, graduation will be the last memory of their years at UCLA, but the most powerful one may be from two weeks before the first day of class four years ago. Read more...

She slips her sandals off, stretches out a faded green prayer rug, and begins. Though her days at UCLA are numbered, graduating student Sheela Shneezai still finds time to steal away from her busy schedule to kneel beside an ivy-laden wall behind Kerckhoff and give thanks for being taken from a land of violent upheaval to the quiet corners of Westwood. Read more...

Though Obimdinachi Iroezi came to the United States six years ago to attend college, memories of his home country of Nigeria will always remain prominent in his mind. Read more...

At 27 years old, Ernesto Jimenez’s path to the UCLA graduation ceremonies has not been easy. As a first-generation Mexican American and the son of naturalized citizens who came to the United States without documentation, his family background and education distinguish him from most UCLA students. Read more...