Makibaka! Huwag matakot! Unless you’re fluent in Tagalog, the language endemic to the Philippines, you probably didn’t know that phrase means, “Dare to struggle! Do not be afraid!” UCLA students used this chant last quarter while protesting the flagging UCLA admission rates of certain minority groups. Read more...

Saddam Hussein’s execution on Dec. 30 doubtlessly pleased many in Iraq and the United States, and as a decision of Iraq’s government supported by the majority of its citizens, it had a justified legal basis. Read more...

You and your best friend are the epitome of BFF (Best Friends Forever, for those of you who weren’t in on the middle school lingo). You live together and you drunk-dial each other proclaiming your love. Read more...

As “super seniors” look forward to graduating next week, we’re forced to look back at the last four years and take stock of what happened. Did we choose the right school? Read more...

Pills not the answer to finals stress Reading Bridget Shackelford’s column “Goodbye Starbucks, hello Ritalin” (Dec. 4), I became quite worried, and not simply because I’m a coffee lover. Read more...

During the holiday season, most people are filled with goodwill. Except for me. My fellow political aficionados will understand what I mean. As your family sips eggnog together Christmas Day, it will be impossible not to rub the recent congressional defeat into your Republican uncle’s face. Read more...

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