Heroes live among us at UCLA. Real, living, breathing heroes. I write now of the kindred spirits who compose the Darfur Action Committee. Certain students have taken upon themselves burdens and responsibilities far beyond the norm. Read more...

Sudden departure justified in debate Walking out in the middle of the candidate debate Thursday night was a drastic move on my part, but it was the right thing to do. Read more...

Of all the relationships you develop at UCLA ““ friends, more-than-friends, hook-up buddies and whatnot ““ being roommates is definitely a category of its own. When I spoke to students at UCLA, many reiterated this. Read more...

Tarzan may be running the national government, but Peter Rabbit is running UCLA’s student government. At least, “Peter Rabbit” is what one student guessed on an informal survey that I, with the help of my former editor Colleen Honigsberg, conducted Friday. Read more...

Of the six candidates running for general representative, Megan Carney, Brian Neesby and Dorothy Le offer the most experience and passion. Carney and Le are both members of the Future Front slate, and Neesby is a member of Bruins United. Read more...

The office of external vice president has usually gone to in-house candidates ““ and the Daily Bruin sees no reason to break this trend now. Jeannie Biniek, currently the national affairs director for the EVP office, will bring her extensive experience to a position where having experience is just about required. Read more...

Of three lackluster candidates for the office of Internal Vice President, Kristina Doan is the best. The Bruins United candidate and president of Bruin Democrats has been instrumental in building her student group by getting core members involved in campaigns and debates on political issues. Read more...