Have you seen how the Los Angeles Times does it?” “The Orange County Register does this cool thing where …” “It just doesn’t seem very professional.” Far too often in the last few years I heard conversations that included phrases like these. Read more...

Ten years ago, campus life at UCLA was in many ways different than it is today ““ students didn’t have cell phones, the dorms weren’t equipped with Internet, and the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” was climbing the charts. Read more...

They have worked hard for four long years, sweating through finals, struggling to stay awake during lectures, and scrambling to turn in their term papers on time. Read more...

When writers ask for time off to focus on school work, I usually oblige and sometimes assure them, “You filled out an application to UCLA, not the Daily Bruin.” That’s coming from someone who used his UC personal statement to explain how he wanted to work at The Bruin. Read more...

With undergraduate commencement ceremonies on the horizon and a war being fought abroad, many UCLA seniors are reconsidering the value of their education. As summer nears, the idea of graduation sparks many students to think about their years spent studying and experiencing life at UCLA ““ and, on occasion, think about the significance of their education. Read more...

UCLA bills itself as a place “where great futures begin,” and as the graduating Class of 2004 prepares to begin the next stage of their futures, their memories are too varied to categorize. Read more...

Mako Fukumoto, a fourth-year world arts and cultures student, is worried about finals and graduation, but she has another pressing concern as well. She needs to find a way to keep in touch with all her friends when she leaves the United States for her home country of Japan at the end of this academic year. Read more...