Russell is a second-year history student. By Joseph W. Russell The center of a political spectrum is a dynamic place, because unlike the extreme, a person is not confined to abiding by premeditated dogma and old values that no longer apply to our world. Read more...

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...

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...

  Shirin Vossoughi Vossoughi is a fourth-year history and international development studies student who encourages you to speak your mind at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Shirin Vossoughi Over the weekend, moviegoers across the nation saw “John Q,” the story of one man taking a hospital room hostage to get his son the heart transplant he could not afford. Read more...

Frank Gilliam is a professor of political science and the director of the Center for Communications and Community at UCLA. Perceptions are a powerful thing. They shape the way people process information and influence how they will act in the future. Read more...

Education grads: learn manners, too To the angry students in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA: If Barbara Streisand is qualified to speak at the John F. Read more...

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