Maisha Elonai Elonai is finishing her last quarter as an English student at UCLA. Like a good columnist, she’ll stick her nose in anybody’s business. Read more...

Shapiro is a first-year undeclared student. By Benjamin Shapiro The sanctions against Iraq have three different purposes: punitive, political and preventive. First, the sanctions exist for punitive purposes. Read more...

Kim is a policy studies graduate student. By Paula H. Kim Students at UCLA are more diverse in terms of age, parental and marital status than ever before. Read more...

Parekh is a third-year physiological science student. By Saadia Parekh This past August, America celebrated 10 years of genocide in Iraq. For 10 years, Iraq has been silently dwindling away under U.N.-imposed and U.S.-sponsored economic sanctions. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Byrd  Editor in Chief Michael Litschi  Managing Editor Jonah Lalas  Viewpoint Editor Barbara Ortutay  News Editor Amy Golod  Staff Representative Timothy Kudo  Staff Representative Brian O’Camb  Staff Representative   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Rapaport is a second-year design/media arts and anthropology student. By Jaime Rapaport When I sat down to read Megan Roush’s column in the Daily Bruin, it was because I agreed with the statement in her title, “Society sees white as right, even if you don’t“ (Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...

  Justin Levi Warning: the following column contains hard facts. Levi, who can be reached at [email protected], encourages all unwilling participants to bypass this column to prevent discomforting enlightenment. Read more...