I’ve relied on the Daily Bruin so much in the past four years that I needed it to teach me one last thing: how to write this column. Read more...

I am not an outspoken person – especially when it comes to expressing how I feel. If you know me the most common expression I use to describe anything is, “It’s okay,” or “It was alright.” My responses can appear to be very dull and unrelieved, to a point where people start asking me why I appear so closed off. Read more...

A few weeks ago, I slacked Emi Nakahara, my science and health editor, a link to a National Public Radio article that cited the UCLA Loneliness survey. Read more...

Every time I tell someone I’m graduating, their first question after congratulating me is usually, “So how do you feel?” T-minus five days and counting and I’m still not entirely sure. Read more...

Kerckhoff 118. 1:43 a.m. Usually a time when about five exhausted, sleepy and burned out Daily Bruin staffers exit the building to a freezing, hauntingly empty UCLA campus and make their way home to get some rest. Read more...

Growing up, I despised writing. Sure, I enjoyed reading, just like any other young girl, but I never imagined myself as an author, blogger, Yelp reviewer and most outrageously, a journalist. Read more...