Mitra Ebadolahi Ebadolahi is a fourth year international development studies and history student who encourages comments and criticism at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Mitra Ebadolahi The UC Regents’ recent proposal to hike student fees has been greeted with complacent silence here at UCLA. 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...

Okamura serves as the external vice president for USAC. By Evan Okamura When your Undergraduate Student Association Council had their retreat this summer, we collectively sat down and discussed what areas we wanted to address in order to improve the lives of our fellow students. Together, we came up with “Access to Education” as our over-arching theme. One of the three subpoints was providing direct services to students and to advocate on behalf of the concerns of the student body. 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...

  Andrew Jones Respond to Jones at [email protected] Last night’s State of the Union had a little something for all UCLA students. For fans of President Bush, there were the trademark injections of wry humor into an otherwise very serious speech. Read more...

  Idan Ivri Send Ivri your comments at [email protected]. President Bush’s State of the Union address neatly wrapped existing Republican proposals inside wartime rhetoric. The beginning of the speech was a string of continuous applause, wartime slogans and self-congratulations for the liberation of Afghanistan. Read more...

  Cody Cass You’re entitled to your own opinion. Voice yours by sending it to Cody at [email protected]. The sound of his third-story bedroom window creaking open awoke Kenneth Lay from his sleep. Read more...