Kei Nagao Nagao is a graduating senior majoring in Asian American studies and political science with a minor in public policy. She is the outgoing director of Asian Pacific Coalition and a member of Concerned Asian Pacific Islander Students for Action. Read more...

  Michael Rosen-Molina Shiver me timbers! Rosen-Molina be knowing authentic pirate jargon and ye be e-mailing him at [email protected]. I should probably start by talking about pirates. Read more...

  Judi Smith Smith is the vice provost for undergraduate education and a professor of physiological science in the College of Letters and Sciences. UCLA undergraduates ““ Class of 2001 ““ congratulations! Read more...

  Jennifer Yuen As the 2000-01 assistant design director who is forever torn between design and photo, Yuen packs a psych degree and anthro minor to help her go abroad after graduation. Read more...

  Christine Byrd Byrd will be taking wing and flying out of her newspaper nest. She will no longer be accepting complaints about the air conditioning, deadlines, ads, lack of sunlight, editorials or alleged misquotes, but her replacement will be. Read more...

  Jason Chen Chen was the assistant art director from 2000-2001. The world is a crazy place. Now draw it. Working on a piece of art for me was not so easy all the time. Read more...

Politics should be separated from institutions In an ideal professional workplace, appointments, promotions, demotions, job descriptions and power structures should be free of politics. Once an act is defined as “political,” it is presumed by some no longer to be subject to integrity, law, professionalism, ethics or even basic human decency ““ because politics is considered to supersede and overrule all of these values. Read more...