EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

  MARIAMI LISA KRIKORIAN/Daily Bruin Karren Lane is Undergraduate Students Association Council president. Here, she discusses the nature of USAC post SP-1 and 2, the effects of affirmative action policy and USAC’s influence, both on campus and in the community. Read more...

Gonzalez is a third-year political science student. By Nathan Gonzalez Americans have become accustomed to the wide-reaching effects of powerful interest groups. While these groups can be seen as an important component of democratic political participation, a serious yet often neglected problem arises with a group like the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), because this very powerful lobbying group is solely concerned with the well-being of a country other than ours. Read more...

Protests only serve to divide us Last Saturday, I was witness to a large protest in support of Palestine while I drove by the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard. Read more...

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  Doug Lief Doug Lief is a fourth-year student majoring in English, while shadow-Doug Lief is a third-year minoring in English. E-mail the real McCoy at [email protected]. Read more...