Students First! was the driving force behind the holistic admissions process, the founding of ethnic studies departments and the Academic Advancement Program, and a host of other issues that align the student experience with those of our communities and backgrounds. Read more...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The letter regarding Bruins United candidate for Student Welfare Commissioner Myles Hamby has been removed because the letter’s claims were based on a misquote regarding Hamby’s role in the Cultural Affairs Commission (<a href=”http://dailybruin.ucla.edu/stories/2009/apr/29/serve-pushes-house-candidates/”>”SERVE pushes in-house candidates,”</a> April 29, 2009). Read more...

I've never had much luck with group projects. Read more...

Vote "Yes" on the ballot referendum called PLEDGE, or Practicing Leadership and Empowerment to Develop Growth thru Education, in the student body elections this year. Read more...

The Matthew Shepard Act, named after the University of Wyoming student who was murdered because he was gay, passed the House last week. Read more...