During my sophomore year, I applied to be a Daily Bruin Copy editor at 2:00 a.m. on the last possible date of the fall recruitment process. Read more...

Photo: Shreya Dodballapur stands for a portrait in front of Kerckhoff Hall. (Michael Gallagher/Photo Assistant editor)

I’m not one for manifestation, but I predicted my time in Kerckhoff 118 long ago. Before journalism – and before making my dreams become reality at the Rose Bowl, Pauley Pavilion and Jackie Robinson Stadium – I placed the Daily Bruin logo on a vision board in 2019. Read more...

Photo: Benjamin Royer stands for a portrait in front of Kerckhoff Hall. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

Three screens stood arranged on my desk for the ultimate viewing experience. A MacBook, Chromebook and iPad Mini constituted the setup, with the latter two revived from retirement just for the occasion. Read more...

Photo: Jack Nelson smiles for a portrait in front of Kerckhoff Hall. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

I recently came across a photo of myself as an awkward eighth grader with a round smiling face of heavy acne, sweaty hair and a well-worn cornflower blue UCLA sweatshirt. Read more...

Photo: Graciana Paxton stands for a portrait wearing a graduation sash. (Courtesy of Graciana Paxton)

I always like to tell people that I fell ass-backward into joining the Daily Bruin. It was the start of my sophomore year, and the extent of my knowledge about The Bruin was realizing I went to a school that probably had a student newspaper. Read more...

Photo: Joseph Crosby stands for a portrait. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

When I heard my dorm building had flooded in the middle of a print shift, I don’t think I could have predicted that night would end up being one of my favorite UCLA memories. Read more...

Photo: Isabelle Friedman stands for a portrait outside Kerckhoff Hall. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)