Gomez is a fifth-year political science and comparative literature student. By Osvaldo Gomez ASUCLA stands for Associated Students of UCLA, yet students have very little say in its practices. Read more...

Athanasious is a third-year psychology student running as a SURE candidate for general representative. By Maggy Athanasious This year’s Students United for Reform and Equality (SURE) slate is very different from the slate that ran last year. Read more...

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Ian Esiner Eisner is a third-year political science student. E-mail him at [email protected]. UCLA students may have differing ideas on how university funds should be allocated, but using state dollars to replace lost federal financial aid for students convicted of drug crimes is unlikely to make anyone’s short list. 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...

Manko is the president of the Student Alumni Association. By Joe Manko Year after year during spring, the few individuals who are running for student government suddenly seem to care about making UCLA better. Read more...

By Zachary S. Bennett In Hakam Al-Samarrai’s article, “U.S. foreign policy unfairly holds Iraq, Israel to different standards, policies” (Viewpoint, April 15) he has outdone himself in perpetuating the publication of poor analogies. Read more...