Feb. 23, 2003 was legendary. There are very few people who realize this yet, but things were happening. Notably a little band named Rocket From the Tombs performed in Freud Playhouse. Read more...

Journalists aren’t supposed to be activists. But one of the reasons I chose to write news for the Daily Bruin was because I believed that reporters do fulfill some sort of activist role. Read more...

When I joined the Daily Bruin as a member of the senior staff, I felt a little like the font Helvetica. Somehow I had slipped into a staff that knew journalism very well, just as Helvetica manages to slip its way into the newspaper every now and then. 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...

You should ask when you don’t know the answer,” my fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Haberkern told me. “Even smart people have to ask questions.” As a stubborn 9-year-old, I did not find this idea comforting. Read more...

I had just trudged up the stairs to the first floor of Ackerman on a typical UCLA afternoon when I spotted a wrapped fortune cookie on the floor, undoubtedly lost in the joy of someone’s two-item Panda Express combo. 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...