So you’re still waiting for the perfect Valentine’s Day, huh? Hoping for the surprise flower delivery and declaration of love from someone who probably doesn’t even know you exist? Read more...

A resolution geared at increasing student involvement in a community service program unanimously passed at Tuesday night’s meeting of the undergraduate student government. The Resolution in Support of Bruin Up Books, co-sponsored by three members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is intended to move the location of the community service program from the dorms to the general campus where more students will have access to it. Read more...

When fees go up and services go down at the University of California, as they often do during a budget crisis, many question the decisions of the university’s administrators. Read more...

BruinGo!, the program allowing anyone with a BruinCard to swipe it and ride the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus for a reduced fare, is here to stay, and so are the changes introduced in fall 2003. Read more...

What started as a paper turned into a book. Graduate student Marty Cohen had been writing a paper on primary elections when he and political science professor John Zaller saw potential for a bigger project. Read more...

Something’s rotten in Washington, D.C. The American political system is drowning in a pool of bull. The ways in which our country is dominated by wealthy special interests are numerous enough to fill a dozen books, and The Bruin doesn’t pay me enough to write that much (Actually, I don’t get paid at all.) So here’s just one example. Read more...

Ever heard of the “freshman 15″? It’s not a reference to the number of units per quarter. Rather, it’s the supposed amount of weight freshmen gain due to poor eating habits and stress during their first year away from home. Read more...