All day, I had been hyper aware of just how awkward I felt. My mouth hurt from weirdly grinning at all the other incoming students around me in an effort to seem nice and cool. Read more...
Photo: Lauren Ho stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
“You’ve changed,” I said, my words echoing in the newly remodeled Daily Bruin office and sticking to the fresh blue paint. After 15 months of remote editorship, just standing in Kerckhoff Hall 118 felt like a fever dream and even more so with the fancy new decor. Read more...
Photo: Kanishka Mehra stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
To be honest, I still don’t understand how this paper works. I first discovered this during my intern interview with the Design director in my freshman year, when I realized the section did not create any of the art that accompanied articles. Read more...
Photo: Emily Dembinski stands for a portrait. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
Designing for the Daily Bruin taught me that near perfection is perfection enough. From the moment I stepped into the Daily Bruin office in fall quarter of my freshman year, I wondered if I was qualified enough to become a designer. Read more...
Photo: Claire Shen stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
Tracing back the reasons I joined the Daily Bruin, I must admit that ego was a part of it. Fresh into college, I desperately wanted to be something. Read more...
Photo: Genesis Qu stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
If I’m being honest, a part of me has always questioned whether I belong in the Opinion section. I’ll be the first to admit that I am an introvert. Read more...
Photo: Sabrina Huang stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
I don’t usually have very much to say. In fact, I waited until the very last minute to turn in this column because, after copy editing 40-plus -30- columns over the course of my two years of editorship, I didn’t think I had anything particularly unique to say about the Daily Bruin experience. Read more...
Photo: Maddie McDonagh stands for a portrait. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
