As college students, our daily verbal discourse is quite varied ““ presentations, talking to professors, peers, roommates, co-workers and so on. By now, most of us know how to adapt to our audience in order to receive our desired response. Read more...

Want to hear the biggest flip-flop of the 2004 presidential election? Nearly 10 months ago, President Bush told a crowd in Whippany, N.J., that he “came to this office to solve problems and not pass them on to future generations.” Yet four years since taking the oath of office, even the most devoted CNN or Fox News fan would be hard-pressed to think of a single college-education plan that the “compassionate conservative” has tried to implement. Read more...

The most common complaint I hear about the Daily Bruin is that it’s not really a student paper. “It never covers anything I care about,” moaned one student. Read more...

As president of the Interfraternity Council, I would like to welcome all of this year’s fall class by addressing some misconceptions of the Greek system. I’d like to foster a better understanding of the way of life preferred by over 10 percent of the undergraduate student body. Read more...

President Bush’s policies on education have given birth to a near-record increase in college enrollment. His 2005 budget not only continues his support for higher education but nurtures college students as they venture out into an improving job market. Read more...

Westwood will never be the true college town that many of us envisioned upon entering UCLA. There’s not a single venue that allows dancing, only a handful of locations that have a full bar, no poetry readings in coffee shops, and not a single pool table to be found. Read more...

Recently, the Bush-Cheney campaign began airing an ad saying Sen. John Kerry’s health care plan would leave “big government in charge.” President Bush should have also included, “Under my plan, the one in charge is Big Corporation.” The Bush administration’s corporate ties run deep. Read more...