Across America, from the smallest classrooms to the grandest lecture halls, a terrible plague threatens the intellectual honor of our schools and the political future of our nation. Read more...

This summer, in its editorial “USAC’s hazy allocation of funds inconsistent, unfair” (Aug. 30) the Daily Bruin rightly noted that the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s funding processes were too arbitrary to naturally produce fair results and that further research would be required to determine whether the results were in fact fair. Read more...

Registering for classes, buying books, trying to fit all of your stuff into a ridiculously small room. Yes, it’s the beginning of another school year, and you’ve got a lot on your mind. Read more...

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I am very distressed and angry to hear about the attacks Sept. 12-13 on UCLA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center. As a queer alumnus I am particularly saddened by the incident. Read more...

I’m not surprised a great deal of people in Southern California and elsewhere have reacted with everything from confusion to rage after learning of lawmakers’ recent efforts to help ensure that immigrants ““ even those without legal residency status ““ receive basic rights within the United States. Read more...

Stem cell research has clearly emerged as an in issue in Campaign 2004, both nationally and in California with Proposition 71. Unfortunately, the whole issue ““ even before this current election year ““ has been so surrounded by confusion and misinformation that nonissues take center stage while crucial facts remain unreported and thus virtually unknown. Read more...