Marc Nickel   Nickel is a third-year history and sociology student. E-mail him at [email protected], or call CALPIRG at (310) 206-4439 with questions.     Welcome back (or just plain welcome) to UCLA. Read more...

  Justin Fong   Fong is the UC Student Regent for the 2000-2001 school year and a graduate student in public policy. For more information about the UC Regents visit www.ucop.edu. Read more...

  Albert Carnesale   Carnesale has served as chancellor of UCLA since 1997.     The approach of Fall Quarter is always a time of great excitement at UCLA. Read more...

  Michael Vines   Vines is the current Inter-Fraternity Council president. Comments can be e-mailed to him at [email protected], only if they are funny. Or you can visit him at the office that USAC won’t give him. Read more...

  Tina Oakland   Oakland is the director of The Center for Women & Men. Send comments to [email protected].     For nearly 30 years, The Center for Women & Men (formerly known as the Women’s Resource Center) has worked to create a trusted place for all students to discuss their experiences and concerns, especially those linked to gender. Read more...

One hundred miles south of UCLA, the desert landscape suddenly converts into a military zone, marked by permanent high-intensity lighting, 60 infrared scopes, 1200 underground sensors, a dozen helicopters and over 40 miles of fencing, which extends across the land into the Pacific Ocean. Read more...