Foraker is Director of Housing & Hospitality Services.   By Michael Foraker A recent editorial in the Daily Bruin (“Students must fight $700 housing fee hike,” Viewpoint, May 29) expressed strong support for “UCLA administrators and students to act as if housing is the integral part of the campus that it is.” The editorial also expressed concern that the housing program is unsympathetic to student financial needs and acts in a vacuum when setting housing rates. Read more...

Joel Schwartz [email protected] Click Here for more articles by Joel Schwartz   Johnny enters a neon soaked casino and excitedly places his bet on the roulette table. Read more...

By Ryan Hutchinson Objectivity is essential in any college admissions system. Without it, the personal bias of an admissions officer (whether intentional or inadvertent) will always reward some and punish others. Read more...

Cartoon portrays Kashmir conflict in inaccurate, prejudiced manner Jason Liu’s cartoon was hilarious (Viewpoint, May 28). Sadly, it was funny for all the wrong reasons. I wondered how a two-minute doodle could manage to be so inaccurate and offensive at the same time. Read more...

Doug Lief [email protected] Click Here for more articles by Doug Lief   As my three -and-a-half year tenure at the Daily Bruin draws to a close, I find myself poring over my archives of reader responses ““ disparate e-mails chronicling a career of buttons pushed. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

On-Campus Housing must address students’ concerns Thank you for bringing to the student body’s attention the failure of UCLA Housing to serve the needs of on-campus residents with dietary restrictions (“Dining causes students to compromise beliefs,” News, May 14). Read more...