The water is touched twice in a students’ UCLA career ““ when they are first “Bruinized” into UCLA, and when they graduate. Otherwise, the Inverted Fountain in front of Franz Hall remains largely ignored, with the exception of the occasional smirk from students who overhear tour guides telling the tale of this “toilet bowl” to prospective students. Read more...

Over the last two years there have been numerous occasions when I have felt like an old fart. Whether I was sitting in a classroom discussion or working late into the night in the Daily Bruin office, there have been seemingly endless reminders that I am just a little too old to still be in college. Read more...

In their final days as students on the UCLA campus, many of those graduating grow nostalgic about the time they’ve spent as Bruins. Fond memories of dorms, finals, 500 helpings of Panda Express and games against rival USC are among the mix. Read more...

Like many of the students who join the paper to fill these pages, I once had a fascination with celebrities of a different sort. My own variety, distinct from the species spotted at Westwood movie premieres, were a bit grayer on top, usually white and inevitably more square. Read more...

When the Boston Globe ran a photograph last month of Boston College graduates snoozing through their commencement speech, university outcry compelled the paper to apologize. It did, saying the decision was “inappropriate” and misrepresented the reality of the ceremony. Read more...