I have distinguished myself at UCLA by tirelessly playing by the rules. As a Daily Bruin copy editor, I have spent countless nights correcting punctuation and hyphenation, ensuring Schwarzenegger (two Gs) and Condoleezza (two Zs) were spelled correctly, and always abiding by the AP Stylebook. Read more...

The hardest part of writing is deciding when to stop. It doesn’t matter where you start, as you can later retain or discard any of your first words, phrases or even numerous pages. Read more...

Everybody at the Daily Bruin talks about quitting. One more 16-hour day, and I’m outta here. If I get another C, the newspaper has to go. Read more...

I’ve written over 200 articles and editorials for the Daily Bruin, but when I sat down to write this column, I was stumped. How could I possibly sum up four years of working for The Bruin in less than 800 words? Read more...

It has been said that if railroad companies had realized they weren’t in the business of building trains, but rather in the business of transporting people, they would have owned airlines. Read more...

With the ridiculously buoyant ending of “Star Wars: Episode I” still in my head, I realized with a start that by the time little Anakin matriculated into the Dark Side, I would have finished college. Read more...

I have never done anything more depressing than look for work. There is nothing in this world I will enjoy more than waking up early to do 40 hours of work a week within the same building, let alone having someone tell me what to do, when to leave and what to wear. Read more...