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...

One of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, once asked: “What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?” Apparently President Bush never heard that definition. Read more...

Governor or Bust. -amante, of course. Even if the myriad of contenders in the recall election fractures votes into chard-like percentages, a narrow 15 percent victory would be more justifiable for Lt. Read more...

With the next presidential election only one short year away, Democrats would do well to start getting their act together. The fact is, as of now, two-thirds of Americans cannot even name one Democratic candidate. Read more...

In the United States we strive for elections in which as many ballots as possible are counted. However, by delaying the California recall, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals crafts its argument as if the recall exists in a vacuum ignoring variables such as other elections, campaigns and relevant election laws. Read more...