The cancer is spreading; it is slowly growing into a malignant tumor that threatens to kill any sort of fun around our fine university. Three years ago things were different ““ my first Black Sunday was incredible. Read more...

Presidential candidate John F. Kerry is most definitely not President John F. Kennedy. But as Kerry’s personal history and the history of his party reveal, it is not for a lack of will. Read more...

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...