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...

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...

By Scott Lee “What are you going to do after you graduate?” my mom asked. “I plan on taking some time off to clear my head and figure out the rest of my life. Read more...

By Jerome Hoffman Why do 42 percent of Americans believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks? Could it have something to do with government lies? Read more...

Sitting in a sea of caps and gowns and listening to the speakers congratulate his class, the soon-to-be UCLA graduate took a moment to reflect on his future.  Big mistake.  Having lived through the experience of being a freshman in both high school and college, he was about to become a freshman in life. He had thought about grad school and jobs, but all of that seemed far away and vaguely menacing. He tried to find comfort in the skills and knowledge he had acquired in school, but sensed that most of the information he’d inhaled during pre-final all-nighters had immediately flown from his head after each test. As he squirmed in his seat, his stomach began to twist itself into a knot, and a voice in his head screamed, “Don’t make me leave!” Looking back on that day fifteen years later, I can see how right I was ““ and how wrong. Yes, I had forgotten a lot of what I learned in classes. Read more...