Tuesday, January 27


Letter to the editor

Conformity a bad reason for diversity In a Jan. 11 editorial (“Diversity requirement deserves solid conclusion”), the editorial board states that “most students would have likely taken an approved class regardless” if diversity requirement passed or not. Read more...


What’s next for the diversity requirement?

After the faculty rejected a diversity requirement by a vote of 141 to 108, the Bruin sat down with Eligio Martinez, the undergraduate student association council’s academic affairs commissioner, who has made the diversity requirement a central part of his commission’s mission. Read more...


A fake ID shouldn’t be necessary

Adulthood is no longer a faraway eventuality for anxious (or alcoholic) college students ““ it’s a decision. It is a decision I made last week as I crossed into downtown Los Angeles with the intent of buying a fake ID. Read more...


Intern your way to success

Listen up, people, especially you freshmen, and most especially you little overachieving fresh meat straight out of high school. I want to share a little chunk of wisdom my brain decided to drop on me belatedly. Read more...



Americans should travel more

Americans have often been accused of being insular and narrow-minded. It doesn’t help that with 8.8 million passports issued in 2004, at most only 30 percent of Americans have one. Read more...