Ben Lee Handler Handler was the 2001-2002 Viewpoint sex columnist.   The average American will live about 80 years. Granted, no graduating UCLA student will settle for average anything, but after all is said and done, most of our lives are more than a quarter over, and eighty is creeping ever closer, even as you read this. Read more...

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Christine Tan Tan was the 2001-2002 Electronic Media technical director.   It’s odd how even in today’s day and age of technology, the Daily Bruin Online is last in the hierarchy of the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Joe Manko Manko was the 2001-2002 SAA president.   Most of us remember first stepping onto the campus and wondering if this was the right place for us. We have all felt at times that maybe this was a huge mistake, maybe UCLA is too large, and maybe everyone’s college experience isn’t the dreamy set-up you see in the movies. Read more...

Stacy Dodd Dodd served as 2001-2002 Copy chief.   When I came to The Bruin three years ago, I saw my 30 column as this far-off symbol of my journalistic coming-of-age. Read more...

In the sea of faces that will crowd campus this weekend to celebrate 2002 commencement, you may be sitting next to Brendan Raher. Raher lived out of a car during his first few weeks at UCLA because students in the “Winter Bruin” program weren’t guaranteed housing. Read more...

Adam Karon Karon was a Sports staff writer.   Last year I learned about sports. Sure, I had played ball most of my life, but I never really knew what it was about. Read more...