I have regarded my time at UCLA a great privilege, both because of the high intellectual quality of the students who have chosen to take my courses and because of the stimulation from serving with such extraordinary scholars in the department of history and other departments on campus. Read more...

I think that at some point, every senior has an end-of-college crisis. Mine came while I was filling out the activities section of my medical school application. Read more...

I struggle to find a more difficult moment in my life than the one in the waiting room of the Daily Bruin on April 6, 2012. Read more...

As UCLA students, each of you arrived on campus with your own unique talents, background and ambitions. At the same time, you also shared some important qualities with your fellow students – a thirst to excel, a knack for leadership and a commitment to making the world around you a better place. Read more...

I’m staring at a white board in the Kerckhoff Hall conference room where I’ve spent countless hours in Daily Bruin budget meetings. Inside a sketch of a page, someone has written four words in brown dry erase marker. Read more...

Sometimes, I wish I was a cat. Not only so I could sleep all day and shamelessly ignore people I don’t like, but also to have nine lives. Read more...

I have to admit, it feels strange not to begin one of these things with a dateline. It was always step one in the process. Sit down and write the name of the city you’re in. Read more...