Downloading music has evolved from the depths of one college student’s dorm room to become an almost integral part of the college experience as today’s graduating seniors have lived through ““ and been a part of ““ the early history of online file-sharing. Read more...

What distinguishes a photograph that’s just a pretty picture from a work of art? Upon entering UCLA’s art program, I was constantly exposed to this difference through the critiques I had in class. Read more...

Four years of watching the growth of campus-based clubs, programs and courses aimed at the gay community draw to a close this quarter, as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Bruins graduate and head into the real world. Read more...

In its truncated form, a joke I used to tell in third grade goes like this: A boy was born with just a head. His first day at school, all the other children made fun of him, so when he went to bed that night he prayed for a body. Read more...

The UCLA that students see today will likely be different from the UCLA they will see tomorrow. The small university that began in 1919 as the southern California branch of UC Berkeley has rapidly grown, with rising buildings and face-lifts that can easily be seen throughout the typical undergraduate’s stay at UCLA. Read more...

When people find out I work for the Daily Bruin, the first question they always ask is, “What do you write?” “Actually, I don’t write,” I reply. Read more...

The familiar names of several old buildings on campus have been changed over the last few years, and other campus entities, such as the UCLA Medical School, got new ones as well. Read more...