Remembering life’s lessons and mother’s love Peter Hamilton Thanksgiving was great. I needed those four days to reconstruct myself. I barely finished. I spent dinner on Thursday without my mom for the third year in a row, and without my pop for the first time ever (my mom has passed away; my pop was in Seattle). Read more...

Bombshelter conspires against South Campus By Ashkan Lashkari Most students destined to become future mathematicians, doctors and engineers at UCLA ­ those that gravitate to South Campus ­ must overcome some major obstacles in their path. Read more...

Prop. 187 threatens faculty-student tie By Russell Moore Several weeks ago, an administrator, Kathleen Komar, wrote in these Viewpoint pages of the need for collegial relationships at UCLA. Read more...

Question ‘majority rule’ beyond election day By Jeffrey Ow As an Asian American, a person of color, a Daily Bruin reader, a man and a person, I am thoroughly embarrassed for Nikao Yang’s verbal conduct ("My report on the superfluous Prop. Read more...

Giving thanks … for being alive at UCLA Donald Carpenter-Rios It’s the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and like most things, the weekend had its ups and downs. Read more...

Hey, pop quiz! Editor: In the spirit of upcoming finals and in response to James Fitzgerald’s article ("Reverse Prop. 187 via working-class movement," Nov. 22) and numerous others preceding it: Essay Question (use blue books to respond): 1. Read more...

A pig, a frog and a, what the hell is that thing? Tom Momary "My ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference … to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here." ­ Jim Henson All of us have memories from our childhood, some perhaps happier than others, which bear the imprints of many people in our lives. Read more...