For first-year music student Chelsea Lumley, practicing the piano is equivalent to studying a textbook for a midterm. While most students prepare for midterms by studying in their rooms, study lounges or libraries, Lumley requires the use of special facilities because of the noise created by playing an instrument. Read more...

As the lights change in front of me, I start to walk across Sunset Boulevard where I begin my daily journey to class. But instead of staring at the ground, thinking deep thoughts ““ a habit that I have most unfortunately developed over time ““ I look to my left, where I see in clear view a living incarnation of justice. Read more...

I feel like the campus is already swimming in it. Fraternity houses, apartment parties, dorm rooms, and now potentially Ackerman Union are dripping with alcohol. While I understand how having a bar on campus may be convenient for the 21-and-over population on campus, I have to wonder, why must it be convenient? Read more...

Though the fires throughout Southern California are finally dying down, the ramifications of the disaster are still being felt within many communities. The UCLA community, though never physically in danger, has felt the impact of the fire because of the number of students and faculty who are directly or indirectly affected by it. Read more...

Amanda Schuster remembers an archery range, covered wagons, a big swimming pool, a tree house, and rustic cabins spread out over 40 acres of land on the northern shore of Lake Arrowhead. Read more...

Wildfires have been ravaging Southern California, destroying houses in neighborhoods that may seem distant to the UCLA community. But the devastating blazes have hit home for many students, several of whom are just beginning to cope with their losses. Read more...

Mexican culture does not support rape I find it disgusting and appalling that Brenda Walker equates the act of rape to that of “Latin” men and “Latin” cultures as a justification to control immigration from Mexico. Read more...