Carol Peterson Petersen is a special assistant in academic development.   On Sept. 11, I was teaching in the Transfer Summer Program. My students came to class that morning, and we focused on their research projects ““ after 45 minutes’ sober discussion of what was happening in New York and Washington.` Even in those early hours of chaos and shock, students in that class saw connections between the morning’s events and the political, economic and social forces they were studying in their adjunct class, Latino Immigration and Identity, and the research they were doing to understand the patterns and significant details in their own families’ immigration histories. Read more...

Barbara Ortutay Ortutay was News editor in 2000-2001.   It’s funny to feel at a loss for words when so much of your life is centered around them. Read more...

Scott Schultz Schultz served as the 2001-2001 Sports editor.   Editing the Sports section at the Daily Bruin is similar to having a group final-project due every day of the year. Read more...

Timothy Kudo Kudo is the 2001-2002 editor in chief. He’s going to be around for a fifth year in protest of the minimum progress requirement. He also thanks the editors and advisor he worked with and wishes Cuauhtemoc the best of luck. Read more...

Christina Teller Teller served as a Sports assistant editor and staff writer. I’m going to miss a lot of things about college when I graduate. But what I won’t miss is arriving late for a class in Public Policy even after practically sprinting the whole way there. Read more...

5. UCLA athletic department From athletes receiving extra benefits and getting in trouble with the law, to coaches underachieving or not achieving the proper credentials to coach, the athletic department has definitely had its fair share of controversies this year. Read more...

5. The average university employee University employees are the backbone of UCLA. They serve students and faculty every day, yet are often invisible to the people they work for. Read more...