Going to a school as diverse as UCLA can sometimes make people weird. Like they might think, oh well I attend an ethnically diverse school and therefore by association I have the diversity thing covered. Read more...

Most UCLA students don’t have a lot of options or devote a lot of thought to which city they are going to live in. For the first one or two years of school they grace the halls of the dorms, plow down grilled cheese sandwiches and jello in the dining halls, and benefit from having a lot of people their age around them. Read more...

Sure, Welcome Week makes it seems like things are going to be all fun and games this year, but we all know better than that. Here’s a brief, tragically incomplete list of some issues students will have to come to grips with once again this year. Read more...

It must feel wonderful to begin your life as a college student. In order to make it this far, to a place as prestigious as UCLA, you must have shown wonderful intellectual capabilities, fortitude of critical thinking, and academic ethics. Read more...

Close the paper. Read that red sentence one more time. The Bill of Rights guarantees your freedom of speech, but when was the last time you needed it? Read more...

Most incoming freshmen welcome the UCLA experience with open arms. But for students who have been here for a while and know this university has many issues and problems, the following scenario is not only nostalgic, but also an indication of what many might face on an average day at UCLA: Joe Bruin wakes up the same way every morning ““ to the screeching sound of his roommates’ alarm clocks. Read more...

I’ve come to the realization that the world can be divided into two categories: good liars and bad liars. Good liars are those who spin a web of wholly believable untruths, rarely get caught, and on the outside chance they do, usually use their deception to quickly extricate themselves from the situation. Read more...