Over the past five years, numerous issues have been passionately debated in the Viewpoint section. Below are a few quotes from prior editorials in which the Daily Bruin did not hesitate to take a stand on controversial issues and events affecting students: “In an attempt to solve California’s lingering budget woes, Gov. Read more...

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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...

By Lance and Helen Bosart Although we know that the pain and hurt of losing a son will never go away for the rest of our lives, our ability to cope with the tragedy is helped by articles like the Daily Bruin’s that capture the quintessential Brian Bosart (“Graduate student dies in car accident,” News, June 2). Read more...

It seems that after the heyday of the anti-drug Reagan and Bush administrations, America is starting to rebel against the War on Drugs. The change, if real, has been influenced in no small part by our own “free love, free pot” president, who, when asked by an MTV audience member in 1992, “If you had to do it over again, would you inhale?” replied boastfully, “Sure, if I could. Read more...

Almost two months ago, hundreds of students gathered in Meyerhoff Park to celebrate “4/20″ by smoking a bowl. Clouds of smoke rose above the crowded space with an abundance of pipes, bongs and joints. 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...