Sometimes I forget how prevalent activism is in our daily lives here at UCLA. The obvious manifestations come to mind quickly ““ student government rallying for diversity of community and thought on campus, Zionists and anti-Zionists debating about Israel, and the California Student Public Interest Research Group collecting signatures to protect the environment. Read more...

The first time my picture ever appeared in the Daily Bruin I wrote about my high school senior trip to Mexico. Like a deer caught in headlights, I smiled to the campus fearful and in full color. Read more...

Last fall, I wrote a column about students’ dependency on cell phones, which make the college experience more isolated than ever before. A disgruntled reader e-mailed: “I’m not here for the experience. Read more...

I’m tired. I can say that now because it’s over. The Bruin editor in chief can finally say what she feels. Perhaps the toughest part of my job this year was the emotional labor that came with it. Read more...

I don’t write. I don’t really edit either. And look what I got into. From Electronic Media Art Director to Electronic Media Director, I have learned so much that I can’t wait for summer to arrive. Read more...

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...

I’m having a self-image crisis ““ or maybe its a metaphor crisis, I can’t tell. Even if I could be any part of the newspaper, I’m not sure which part I’d be and why. Read more...