To any student who pays attention to campus politics, the name John Joanino is probably a familiar one.
Joanino ended his term as undergraduate student government president last month, rounding out a year as the school’s most prominent student official.

The Daily Bruin does its best to write the news, and not to make the news.
But The Bruin is not just a newspaper; it’s UCLA’s newspaper of record – and that means it also acts as a sort of interest group on behalf of free speech and free press on campus.

The oil tax making its way through various committees in the California State Senate won’t raise gas prices at the pump.
It won’t destroy the California oil industry, the nation’s fourth largest. 

In response to “Aram Ghoogasian: USAC members should not participate in external lobbying groups” in Opinion on April 9.
It’s hard to defend ignorance, but Aram Ghoogasian has done a great job by suggesting that student leaders who travel to Israel are unduly influenced to the detriment of UCLA affairs.

This is a tale of two empires.
One is the UCLA Health System, a sprawling fiefdom of medical services flying the UCLA standard at locations from Malibu to Torrance.

As a Jew, there’s no word I reserve when describing how I feel about anti-Semitism. “Abhor” is my go-to. “Despise” is fair game. “Disgusting” is appropriate as an adjective.

David French has a joke: “Everybody gets their decade in court.”
Court is messy. It’s ugly. And frankly, it’s not a very good way to resolve disputes.

In response to the Daily Bruin article “UCLA groups call for support in response to offensive flier” in News on Feb. 7:
We the professional and student staff of the Academic Advancement Program denounce the deplorable sexist and racist acts recently directed at the Asian Pacific Islander community.

There’s one word in the phrase “student government” that is often overlooked and consistently underrated. I’ll give you a hint: It’s not government.
For anyone seeking to understand or be involved in student government at UCLA, it’s crucial to recognize that it is an educational experience – as much classroom as Congress.

It was absolutely outrageous to read Katie Shepherd’s column in the Daily Bruin on Jan. 22 and see photos of UCLA students screaming demands to “reform” Proposition 13.