Throughout the summer your Undergraduate Student Association Council has been preparing for what will be an exciting and monumental year. In more ways than one, USAC intends to rock this university while ensuring that all students experience a sense of their own power and receive the best quality college experience. Read more...

Across America, from the smallest classrooms to the grandest lecture halls, a terrible plague threatens the intellectual honor of our schools and the political future of our nation. Read more...

This summer, in its editorial “USAC’s hazy allocation of funds inconsistent, unfair” (Aug. 30) the Daily Bruin rightly noted that the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s funding processes were too arbitrary to naturally produce fair results and that further research would be required to determine whether the results were in fact fair. Read more...

Registering for classes, buying books, trying to fit all of your stuff into a ridiculously small room. Yes, it’s the beginning of another school year, and you’ve got a lot on your mind. Read more...

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I am very distressed and angry to hear about the attacks Sept. 12-13 on UCLA’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center. As a queer alumnus I am particularly saddened by the incident. Read more...

I’m not surprised a great deal of people in Southern California and elsewhere have reacted with everything from confusion to rage after learning of lawmakers’ recent efforts to help ensure that immigrants ““ even those without legal residency status ““ receive basic rights within the United States. Read more...