Students at UCLA are allowed to hold rallies, advocate causes and practice their right to free speech ““ as long as they do so between 11:50 a.m. Read more...

The Bruin Republicans: it conjures up images of right-wing white males meeting secretly to discuss their latest plan for oppressing single mothers and the poor. Not surprisingly, it’s an image Democratic groups, on campus and off, seek to encourage. Read more...

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If anyone thinks racism is dead and gone, you’ve got your head buried in the sand. The problem of racism is right here at UCLA, and it works both ways. Read more...

The Associated Students of UCLA made the right choice in deciding on Friday not to expand Ackerman Union by about 35,000 square feet, according to Student Union Director Jerry Mann. Read more...

The course description of a UC Berkeley English class titled “The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance” was recently changed to make it more politically correct, with the most notable difference being the omission of the words “conservative thinkers are encouraged to seek other sections.” Understandably appalled at such an exclusionary stance, University of California President Richard Atkinson wrote a letter to the UC Regents protesting the description. Read more...

Much more to UCLA than fraternities As an alum and an ex-fraternity member (house will remain unknown), I couldn’t agree more with David Burke’s Sept. 27, 2002 column, “Frats not epitome of “˜coolness.'” Everyone wants to belong, be cool, and have the world think you belong to a “hot frat” as an undergrad. Read more...