Chancellor Albert Carnesale will go down in history as one of the leading advocates for student-initiated outreach projects at UCLA and in the nation. Last spring during the undergraduate student elections, UCLA students showed a similar immense commitment to community service and student services, both on and off campus. Read more...

Teaching intelligent design in schools is an underhanded attempt to introduce religion into science education. The scientific method is a process of rigorous and systematic testing of hypotheses, and it is only after such testing that one speaks of a scientific theory. Read more...

There are many preconceived notions of what it means to be male or female. Often, we take it for granted that everyone is a “he” or a “she,” but the simple reality is that not everyone fits into these bipolar categories. Read more...

High salary needed to draw new chancellor In “Raises not justified for high-paid UC officials” (Oct. 3), the editorial board makes a number of grievous errors in evaluating the proposed raises for University of California executives. Read more...

The Katrina disaster did not bring out the worst in human nature, but the worst in U.S. racism. The submission “Disaster brings out worst in human nature” (Sept. Read more...

Do you think the U.S. needs the Minutemen, or do you think the country does a good enough job protecting its borders? Why or why not? Read more...

You know, the human powers of instant recollection are nothing short of amazing. I was sitting at home trying to decide whether to have salad or cookies for lunch when I remembered, all of a sudden, where I left my retainer in sixth grade. Read more...