It’s time for UCLA to improve the education of its students by making a change from the quarter system to semesters. The quarter system, widely used across the University of California and seldom outside it, often causes a semester’s worth of content to be condensed into a ten-week quarter. Read more...

With the tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., in a plane crash last Friday, this country lost one of its most passionate and inspiring social justice advocates and a deeply moral voice for compassion in a nation too often characterized by selfishness. Read more...

My sympathy for childless couples runs short when I read their advertisements in papers seeking egg donors. If a couple can’t have children for whatever God-given reason, it just isn’t meant to be ““ plain and simple. Read more...

Amidst the slew of poor choices and failed actions that have characterized Gov. Gray Davis’ term so far, one bill does stand out as particularly excellent ““ the paid family leave bill. Read more...

Our generation has grown up with an implicit internationalism. Since preschool, we have been learning about the damage people are doing to the Earth. Many of us are concerned enough about sweatshops in developing countries to avoid buying clothes we know are made there. Read more...

The University of California needs to open up more to the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers about the rationale behind their recent contract negotiations offer. Read more...

An election featuring a gubernatorial candidate who hasn’t voted in 13 of the past 20 elections challenging an incumbent whose most notable public assessment of his personality was describing himself as cautious may not seem exciting to students, but there are plenty of other reasons Bruins should get out and vote Nov. Read more...