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...

By Robert Naples Welcome to UCLA. You are about to begin one of the most important, challenging and exciting periods of your entire life. During the next few years, the majority of you will be making a journey of change. Read more...

Every year around this time, UCLA becomes home to a strange group of nervous, twitchy little creatures. They descend on the campus in hoards and stealthily creep in among our ranks, filling cracks and blending into the brick walls of our stoic buildings. Read more...

Less than one week before the final exam in my Zen Buddhism class winter quarter, I marched up to my professor, handed him a sheet of paper to sign, and told him I was dropping the class. Read more...

With its large lower division classes and expansive campus, UCLA is often unfairly labeled as an impersonal university. Many high school students are warned before they enroll at a big school that they will be “just a number,” but my experiences at UCLA have proved quite the contrary. Read more...

On behalf of the UCLA faculty, I would like to congratulate all of you who are completing your bachelor’s degrees. The ancient Greek writer Aeschylus suggests in his “Oresteia” that we must suffer into knowledge. Read more...

When I visit friends at other schools, I look for copies of their campus newspapers. I always have a preconceived notion that the papers will disappoint me, and they usually do. Read more...