Throughout the summer your Undergraduate Student Association Council has been preparing for what will be an exciting and monumental year. In more ways than one, USAC intends to rock this university while ensuring that all students experience a sense of their own power and receive the best quality college experience. Read more...

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...

During my Aug. 23 browsing of the Daily Bruin, I came across a column in the sports section, “Olympic voices should focus on positive to keep viewers,” by Sonya Palathumpat. Read more...

This year’s Undergraduate Student Association Council’s base-budget process was unprecedented because the funding source was opened up to all student groups ““ whether they were officially recognized or independent. Read more...

The following is a phone interview with Grant Tyler Peterson, a recent UCLA graduate who married his boyfriend Eric “Gumby” Anderson in San Francisco in February 2004. Read more...