School clubs would normally be the last thing a state government would pass legislation to regulate. Unless the regulations involve one of the United States’ traditional hot-button issues: homosexuality. Read more...

Many consider loans not a good way to go According to a Los Angeles Times article published Jan. 31, many Latino students stay away from student loans, preferring to finance their education with money they have already earned. Read more...

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As finals are fast approaching, I’m reminded of how much people misinterpret what academia is for, and more specifically, how important grades actually are. For example, in my experience at least, finals week has often been filled with moans and groans that go something like this: “But if I don’t get a(n) __ I won’t get into grad school” or “You just don’t understand how hard it is to be premed” or “I hate this class, but I have to take it to get into _____.” I suppose this isn’t that surprising. Read more...

More than 36 percent of students reported feeling so depressed it was difficult to function at least once during the last school year, according to the American College Health Association in their Spring 2006 National College Health Assessment. Read more...

Unions beneficial to student workers I congratulate the organizing efforts of ASUCLA student employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in their drive to unionize (“Student workers move to unionize,” March 12). Read more...

We got lost on our way to the hypnotist. It was 5:08 p.m. on a Thursday, and I was sitting in a car ““ one of thousands on the choked-up 405 ““ on my way to Marina Del Rey to see whether hypnosis was capable of therapy. Read more...