It’s been about seven months since I’ve last been on these pages and since a fateful night when three of the five sports staff writers escaped an out-of-control burning big-rig barreling down a dead-ended street known as the Sports section. Read more...

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Three years ago I fell in love with The Bruin ““ and since then, I’ve been asking myself why. As a freshman on the orientation tour I found an otherwise gray office marked with wry reminders of its inhabitants and knew at once that these were my kind of people. Read more...

When I came into this job, I knew a lot about journalism, but had spent my life running from it. You see, my father was a journalist for over 30 years, covering everything from the Kentucky Derby to major league baseball. Read more...

Journalism is an unbelievably rewarding profession. It allows us to interact with the world, find out what’s going on behind the surface, and effect social change. Read more...

Almost two months ago, hundreds of students gathered in Meyerhoff Park to celebrate “4/20″ by smoking a bowl. Clouds of smoke rose above the crowded space with an abundance of pipes, bongs and joints. Read more...

By Lance and Helen Bosart Although we know that the pain and hurt of losing a son will never go away for the rest of our lives, our ability to cope with the tragedy is helped by articles like the Daily Bruin’s that capture the quintessential Brian Bosart (“Graduate student dies in car accident,” News, June 2). Read more...