At some point during our time at UCLA, we all come across an issue that directly affects our lives. Issues such as housing, parking, financial aid, campus safety, health, racism, sexism and homophobia have impacted many aspects of our lives as students. Read more...

The concept of alcohol in proximate coexistence with education is certainly not a foreign concept to most college students. Indeed, the most widespread and absolute saturation of our society by alcohol occurs during the formative and liberating experience of college. Read more...

Have you become more or less aware of world issues since coming to UCLA? Jenny Altman Second-year, Political science “I’m a little bit less aware. My life is centered around campus, I spend a lot of time here at class, work or the gym, so I don’t always know what’s going on in the outside world.” Lizy Bagby Alumna, Anthropology “I felt like I was in a community, but if I felt isolated it was because we spend all our time on school work instead of watching the news or reading the newspaper.” Ellen Huang Fourth-year, Biology “I think I’m aware of what’s going on. Read more...

Classes may be starting soon at UCLA, but the student body has some much larger questions to answer than the ones they’ll find on their finals. Read more...

There are two types of people in this world: those who believe that life is merely a chain of random events and thus live in fear, and those who believe that a higher force controls everything. Read more...

Comedian Dennis Miller recently quipped that the political climate on college campuses has grown so hostile that even a speech delivered by Jesus would be protested by a mob of college students. Read more...

“I am an American.” For several days, I’ve watched individuals in commercials look straight into the camera and proudly proclaim these words. Although the same commercial would play several times in one sitting, I would always look up from whatever I was working on and watch, searching for a specific moment. Read more...