As president of the Interfraternity Council, I would like to welcome all of this year’s fall class by addressing some misconceptions of the Greek system. I’d like to foster a better understanding of the way of life preferred by over 10 percent of the undergraduate student body. Read more...

President Bush’s policies on education have given birth to a near-record increase in college enrollment. His 2005 budget not only continues his support for higher education but nurtures college students as they venture out into an improving job market. Read more...

Westwood will never be the true college town that many of us envisioned upon entering UCLA. There’s not a single venue that allows dancing, only a handful of locations that have a full bar, no poetry readings in coffee shops, and not a single pool table to be found. Read more...

Recently, the Bush-Cheney campaign began airing an ad saying Sen. John Kerry’s health care plan would leave “big government in charge.” President Bush should have also included, “Under my plan, the one in charge is Big Corporation.” The Bush administration’s corporate ties run deep. Read more...

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...