By Linda Goss Why should you donate blood? Simply because it’s an opportunity to do something amazing: save the life of another person. Time and again, UCLA patients marvel that complete strangers will choose to spend an hour of their time to donate blood for people that they will likely never meet. Read more...

By John MacDougall I have been interested in Kenneth Hurst’s Viewpoint submissions, “Wine workers’ demands irrational, unproductive” (May 31), and “UC workers’ demands lack logic, rationality” (April 8), and in the pro-labor responses, which did not directly respond to his points. Read more...

Hey, look! My column’s at the top of the page! But there’s no time for reckless celebration. It has been brought to my attention that summer is indeed upon us, and nearly everyone on earth is partying hedonistically with exotic people at exotic locations, getting exotic venereal diseases. Read more...

By Joseph Vardner To all who are entering UCLA, you’re about to be blown away. This university is a small city with enough people and variety to make anything possible. Read more...

By Rajima Danish Welcome incoming students. I’m thrilled to be among the first to officially welcome you to the university, and to congratulate you for all that you have accomplished thus far and the many more successes to come. Read more...

By Jenny Wood On behalf of the Undergraduate Students Association, I welcome you to UCLA, a prestigious academic institution and, more importantly, a hub of unmatched student activism, service and involvement. Read more...

By Frederick Burwick On behalf of the Office of Residential Life and the Faculty in Residence, it’s my pleasure to welcome the freshman class to UCLA. Read more...