Author Archives: Kia Makarechi

Though national news outlets have been saturated with depressing reports from Myanmar, this publication’s opinion page has remained silent on the matter.

Forget Clinton’s marginal victory in Indiana on Tuesday. Forget the implications it has for her campaign. Forget Obama’s 14-percent win in a state with nearly twice as many delegates as Indiana.

The story could not have been more disgusting if it had been fabricated. One year ago, a student killed 32 people and himself in a campus rampage. In a twisted sort of highlight ceremony, a man visited that campus last Thursday and spoke to the merit of concealed weapons.

UCLA students face many different housing situations.

Last November, the Onion ran a headline that was quite humorous: “Underfunded schools forced to cut past tense from language programs.”

My seventh grade social studies teacher taught us that, in Ancient Greece, wars would be stopped in order for the Olympic Games to occur peacefully.

Whether it took a minute or a month, most Bruins have some recollection of the exciting yet slightly awkward time between being admitted to UCLA and actually choosing sunny West Los Angeles as their home.