One of the more popular questions I get is “How’d you start working for the newspaper?” Well, it began innocently enough as something to have fun with “on the side” during my freshman year. Read more...

I’m sitting in the office right now before deadline, surrounded by a horde of staff members rushing to complete yet another paper. A new, ambitious writer to my left is furiously typing away with a phone in his hand. Read more...

I always get a puzzled look when telling people that I am a math student. How did a math student become an assistant design director at the Daily Bruin? Read more...

Old editors in chief warned me about feeling deep sadness and undergoing difficult withdrawal periods after leaving the Daily Bruin. Dealing with student government officers angry about an editorial every other day, staying until 1 or 2 a.m., working on a sensitive news story, or having to completely improvise a midterm I had no time to study for all made the concept of missing The Bruin very unrealistic. Read more...

When I came to UCLA I purposely didn’t join The Bruin. I wanted to stay away from journalism and see if I had other interests. A couple of years and jobs later, I felt I still didn’t belong at UCLA. Read more...

After five years at UCLA, I am convinced that Disneyland needs to give their “Happiest Place on Earth” motto to UCLA. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but I really feel that UCLA is the best place for a student to be. Read more...

The Bruin made me a bartender, a bitch, a masseuse, a confidante, a malicious gossip, a cook to the masses and perhaps most remarkably, a team player. Read more...