Illustration by HINGYI KHONG/Daily Bruin By Leo Wallach Daily Bruin Contributor As graduating students embark into the job market from UCLA, they’ll abandon their board shorts and sandals and will cover their tattoo with the polished look of a suit and tie. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo De Neve Plaza, originally scheduled to open in August 1999, was still in the early stages of construction at the time this photo was taken in 1998. Read more...

  Daily Bruin File Photo Students stage a sit-down in the middle of a street during the Oct. 12, 1995 protest in Westwood to show their disapproval of the regents’ approved policies to end affirmative action at the university. Read more...

  Photo Courtesy SHAPE Students make Christmas stockings at a To Help Everyone clinc put on by SHAPE. By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff As the UCLA freshman applicant pool grows, so does the task laid out before administrators assigned to diversify the pool of UC-eligible applicants through university outreach efforts. Read more...

  Michael Weiner Weiner is a Daily Bruin columnist who analyzes issues relating to the UCLA and UC community. The UC Board of Regents’ unanimous decision to rescind its 1995 ban on affirmative action last month has been viewed by activists as a substantial victory in the battle to bring racial preferences back to the University of California. Read more...

  Ward Connerly Connerly is Regent of the University of California and Chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute. I extend my most sincere congratulations to the entire Class of 2001, and that includes those with whom I have disagreed as well as those who have shared my views about sensitive public policy issues.  On virtually every issue that has been of concern to students ““ student fees, housing availability and affordability and domestic partner benefits ““ I have been proud to be aligned with the predominant views of the student community. Read more...