By Maisha Elonai People succumb to a dangerous mindset when they act as if their actions don’t affect anything. It’s not true. Individuals make significant impacts on their surroundings, and UCLA students have an even greater potential to do so. Read more...

Welcome, new Bruins, to UCLA, the place where stuff happens. Yes, now you too can become an exciting part of this place and its stuff. Now stop saying “hella” and let’s get on with it. Read more...

People often tell me that life is an educational experience. But they should not forget that college is a perfect time to accelerate that process of learning. Read more...

Most people who write these columns are going to be filling the pages with endless goodbyes and shout outs to “that guy who lived down the hall freshman year.” I don’t want to do that. Read more...

A few days before I moved into Rieber Hall in the fall of 1995, my otherwise stoic dad called me over to have a little “talk.” He started off by saying, “When you walk down Bruin Walk, a lot of people will try to make you join their group.” He cited various religious, Greek and political organizations that he heard about from his UCLA alumni co-workers. Read more...

When I first toured UCLA as a high school junior, my initial thought was, “Oh, man, I am so glad I’m not going to school here.” During a brief spring visit, I slumped down in the family minivan’s backseat as students seemed to deluge the sidewalks and cars jostled for a lane. Read more...

Sometimes I forget how prevalent activism is in our daily lives here at UCLA. The obvious manifestations come to mind quickly ““ student government rallying for diversity of community and thought on campus, Zionists and anti-Zionists debating about Israel, and the California Student Public Interest Research Group collecting signatures to protect the environment. Read more...