The UCLA that students see today will likely be different from the UCLA they will see tomorrow. The small university that began in 1919 as the southern California branch of UC Berkeley has rapidly grown, with rising buildings and face-lifts that can easily be seen throughout the typical undergraduate’s stay at UCLA. Read more...

When people find out I work for the Daily Bruin, the first question they always ask is, “What do you write?” “Actually, I don’t write,” I reply. Read more...

The familiar names of several old buildings on campus have been changed over the last few years, and other campus entities, such as the UCLA Medical School, got new ones as well. Read more...

Leilani Downing came to UCLA in the winter of 1998, only months after the implementation of Proposition 209, which banned the state’s use of affirmative action in hiring and admissions policies. Read more...

For the most part, life is simple. It is just us who make things more difficult than they need to be. This is one of many lessons I have learned quite well during my time at this university. Read more...

UCLA’s seniors graduate this week, and they will enter a world that has changed tremendously during their educational hiatus. As they take on jobs and new challenges, their choices will shape the course of this nation’s progress. Read more...

When this year’s graduating seniors first came to UCLA, the state economy was booming, the state budget was in check, and then-Gov. Gray Davis was signing the diplomas of University of California students. Read more...