With the ridiculously buoyant ending of “Star Wars: Episode I” still in my head, I realized with a start that by the time little Anakin matriculated into the Dark Side, I would have finished college. Read more...

I have never done anything more depressing than look for work. There is nothing in this world I will enjoy more than waking up early to do 40 hours of work a week within the same building, let alone having someone tell me what to do, when to leave and what to wear. Read more...

Less than one week before the final exam in my Zen Buddhism class winter quarter, I marched up to my professor, handed him a sheet of paper to sign, and told him I was dropping the class. Read more...

With its large lower division classes and expansive campus, UCLA is often unfairly labeled as an impersonal university. Many high school students are warned before they enroll at a big school that they will be “just a number,” but my experiences at UCLA have proved quite the contrary. Read more...

On behalf of the UCLA faculty, I would like to congratulate all of you who are completing your bachelor’s degrees. The ancient Greek writer Aeschylus suggests in his “Oresteia” that we must suffer into knowledge. Read more...

When I visit friends at other schools, I look for copies of their campus newspapers. I always have a preconceived notion that the papers will disappoint me, and they usually do. Read more...

To the graduating Class of 2005: Congratulations! We made it! As your outgoing president, I want to share some final thoughts and wish you well. As we celebrate with our families this momentous occasion in each of our lives, it’s important that we savor this personal victory as much as possible, and also take time to reflect on our education as we plan for the future. Read more...