Like any other day, I walked onto campus, crossing through the
sculpture garden toward the North Campus eatery by Rolfe and
Campbell Halls, where I passed three Daily Bruin kiosks.
As a photographer, I was deeply disturbed by the word
“LIES” written on each of the display glasses because
my name appears along with every other writer, copy editor or
designer who help shape the paper.
Did I contribute to something untrue? Is the Daily Bruin not
providing real news to people?
My answer is this: the day I applied to be a part of the Daily
Bruin, I wrote something on the application that I have since stuck
to every time my eye has met my Nikon camera: “I want people
to see the world through my eyes, portraying life as it
happens.”
I’ve never tried to depict an event in any other way than
as it happened, and I sleep at night knowing that the world is what
it is. And although not every person could be at an event, whether
it was a tennis match or a human rights protest, I let them be
there for one thousandth of a second to see a snapshot of the mood
and emotion as the event took place.
So, if anyone out there has seen the the word
“LIES,” know that there is no higher power controlling
the Daily Bruin, and that we’re all an amalgamation of people
bringing you the news ““ the truth.
Courtney Stewart Photographer