My first Daily Bruin article never made it off the cutting room floor. After being hired as a part of PRIME magazine’s first intern class, I poured my heart into writing a rather subpar story about UCLA’s Korean American Student Association Dance Off. Read more...

Photo: Megan Fu stands for a portrait. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)

I want to share with you something I wrote on my Daily Bruin intern application in the fall of my first year – updated for our style and guidelines, of course. Read more...

Photo: Jon Christon stands for a portrait. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)

In 2008, it was raining typewriters. I found three on my street tucked behind mailboxes and lampposts, the most recent crop of San Francisco’s urban harvest. Read more...

Photo: Zinnia Finn stands for a portrait. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)

When I joined the Daily Bruin, I told myself and everyone I knew that I wasn’t going to get too invested in it. Clearly, I was wrong. Read more...

Photo: Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso stands for a portrait. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)

I’ll never forget covering my first football game. The blazing September sun beating down on my black pants. Climbing escalator after escalator. Entering the Rose Bowl press box for the first time. Read more...

Photo: Sam Settleman stands for a portrait. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)

The first time I ever ordered a meal was in college. For 18 years of my life, I anxiously relied on my parents to tell the waiter that I wanted the chicken tenders and fries platter as I whispered “No sauce, please” across the table. Read more...

Photo: Leila Okahata stands for a portrait. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)