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...

By Robert Walsh The Westwood Village Business Improvement District was created seven years ago, encompassing the area from Wilshire Boulevard to Le Conte, and from Gayley to Glendon. Its mission has been “to help create an environment in which the BID’s constituents may prosper.” When it was founded, retail storefronts were almost 25 percent vacant, and there were virtually no major real estate investments on the horizon. Read more...

By Robert Hennig As a non-tenured member of the faculty at UCLA, my job is to teach undergraduate courses. All told, I love my job and have given my best to approximately five thousand UCLA students. Read more...

By Justin Levi This year the Budget Review Committee was faced with two monumental challenges. First, it had roughly $30,000 less in base budget funds to allocate than last year. Read more...

By Mohammad Mertaban The appointed Budget Review Committee’s presentation at the Aug. 5 Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting was a clear example of the discrepancies that occurred throughout the entire process. Read more...