The world is a very different place from when I was in college at the University of Florida in the 1960s. The Stonewall riots in New York which ignited the national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender civil rights movement had not yet occurred. Read more...

If you are involved in the sciences, then you already know about the excitement of research and learning in the many scientific fields that UCLA has to offer. Read more...

I am the director of Student Psychological Services, and I want to welcome all students to UCLA, both new and returning. The start of the new academic year is a time of transition for all students. Read more...

Sometimes being a UCLA student can be complicated and occasionally feel overwhelming ““ especially for students who are new to the university experience or to our campus. Read more...

Here in Los Angeles, where we are blessed with beautiful weather year-round, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the seasons. But there is not a more energizing time on campus than fall quarter, which brings with it the return of students to UCLA. Read more...

Floorcest. If Webster’s dictionary had a college life edition, the definition would no doubt include the following: “No. 1 thing to avoid if one plans on having an enjoyable dorm-living experience.” There’s a reason why floorcest is the marriage of a normal place to live and a socially shunned, barbaric habit: The action is doomed to end in tragedy. Read more...

Call me old-school, but in this age of neoconservative demagoguery, liberal political correctness and increasing “cultural relativism,” I still believe a little honest, rational debate and discussion can improve the world. Read more...