EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Perez is a first-year political science student. By Anna S. Perez Defending tobacco by saying smoking cigarettes is a civil liberty is akin to saying police cannot intervene when someone is trying to take their own life because suicide is a civil liberty. Read more...

  Idan Ivri Ivri is a third-year political science student just giving his opinion. E-mail your opinion to him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Idan Ivri For the past few years, UCLA has suffered from bitter arguments about how to create a diversity of race and background in the student body. Read more...

  Ben Shapiro Shapiro is a second-year political science student bringing reason to the masses. E-mail him at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Ben Shapiro College students think it’s cool to “buck convention.” Whether by defiling their bodies with tattoos or numerous piercings in strange places, or simply railing against big business or “institutional racism,” students believe in defying the norm, striking out against conformity. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao  Kelly Rayburn Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

McGinity is a graduate student in the Anderson School of Business. By Gregory McGinity In her recent article (“Vouchers hinder education system,” Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Feb. Read more...