Commencement is an important and unforgettable event in your lives. It honors a significant accomplishment: the successful fulfillment of the requirements for your degree. It also signals the end of a very special and formative period, and it marks the beginning of the great future you have been preparing for while at UCLA. Read more...

It often seems an era is defined by its most influential leaders. But as UCLA students descend from Bruin Walk one last time against the backdrop of a sun-drenched Powell Library and charge forward in a renewed pursuit of happiness, it will be the absence of these influential leaders that will move them. Read more...

With the recent state and national legislation, UCLA student admission and retention increasingly have become difficult. Additionally, the cuts on the state and federal level to outreach programs will decrease the number of underrepresented minority and low-income student applicants. Read more...

Several days ago, the verdict was handed down in a rape trial involving three high school students who broke away from a campus tour and entered the room of one of our students. Read more...

The May 24 news A-headline read “Taco Bell to stay on campus.” While this is true, it hides the real reasoning behind the recent decision by the students’ association board of directors. Read more...

I usually try to find the logic behind Viewpoint columnists I don’t agree with, like Garin Hovannisian. But something Hovannisian recently wrote has compelled me to write in. Read more...

I am writing in response to Paul Marian’s “SF! lacks respect, morals” (May 25). While Marian brought up a reasonable point that the acrimonious atmosphere surrounding the elections was hardly ideal, I do not think his attack on the Students First! Read more...