I will miss my backpack. That is what I will miss most about school. My green Jansport. It’s been with me for four years and after June 18, I will probably stash it away in my parents’ garage. Read more...

A few days before I moved into Rieber Hall in the fall of 1995, my otherwise stoic dad called me over to have a little “talk.” He started off by saying, “When you walk down Bruin Walk, a lot of people will try to make you join their group.” He cited various religious, Greek and political organizations that he heard about from his UCLA alumni co-workers. Read more...

During the countless hours I’ve worked inside the Daily Bruin office, the most interesting have been spent looking at newspapers dating back more than 50 years. Read more...

I joined the Daily Bruin four years ago because I wanted to improve my writing. After two years of being a writer, I decided to edit and help improve the writing of other reporters. Read more...

Sometimes I forget how prevalent activism is in our daily lives here at UCLA. The obvious manifestations come to mind quickly ““ student government rallying for diversity of community and thought on campus, Zionists and anti-Zionists debating about Israel, and the California Student Public Interest Research Group collecting signatures to protect the environment. Read more...

In the following tribute, graduate students in the atmospheric science department remember their friend and colleague, Brian Bosart. I sat beside Brian at work every day; there was only a divider between us. Read more...

By Christina L. Glaser This article is written in response to Maegan Carberry’s insightful and honest column on race relations (“Bashing whites hinders struggle against racism,” Viewpoint, June 2). Read more...