After spending nine weeks burning brain cells under UCLA’s fast-paced quarter system, many students can finally return home, reunite with their families and temporarily remove themselves from the college scene during the Thanksgiving break.

The Bruin Bear is boxed, the bonfire has been lit, and campus rings out with the sounds of the Bruin Marching Band and cries of “U!

This post was updated on Nov 15 at 9:56 p.m.
The Wednesday evening of fifth week, I was soaking in as much information as I could while studying in the Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, fueled by endless caffeine and desperation.

As UCLA students we pride ourselves in our True Bruin Values, which include respecting the free expressions of the others’ opinions. Despite the notion that one attends college to be enlightened by new ideas, we may actually just be absorbing one-sided opinions that, in the long run, subtly prevent our brain from processing different viewpoints.