When I first decided to apply to the Daily Bruin, I expected that working as a video journalist would be exciting and glamorous. And to an extent, my expectations were met. Read more...
Opinion
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June 8, 10:55 am
Amanda Schallert: Learning from the optimists on campus
I scramble for words whenever I try to give personal advice to friends. I want to hear about people’s problems, but I can’t find anything inspiring to say back. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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June 8, 12:20 am
Aram Ghoogasian: Finding strength in differences to create a true Bruin identity
When we first step onto this campus, we come not only with suitcases and bundled nerves, but our identities – where we’ve come from and how we see the world – as well. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Opinion
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June 7, 10:56 pm
Kelsey Rocha: Failure fills an essential role in life
The most underrated college experience is failure. For the past four years, I’ve written stories about arts and entertainment that range in topics – from a pie contest to the JazzReggae Festival to horror films to furniture art installations to celebrity sightings. Read more...
Opinion
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June 7, 10:50 pm
Alexandra Tashman: Bringing a burden into the light
In my four years at the Daily Bruin, I’ve written 64 columns. This is my 65th, and my last. I’ve long believed that columns are really just glorified arguments. Read more...
Opinion
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June 7, 10:43 pm
Kevin Bowman: Taking wrong turns in the right directions
I’ve had more than a few near-death experiences. There’s the time I almost fell off the 3-foot-high branch on a tree in my backyard when I was 6. Read more...
Opinion
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June 7, 10:37 pm
Chloe Lew: A love letter to journalism
To a windowless, musty, dirty, rowdy Kerckhoff 118, otherwise known as the Daily Bruin newsroom, This is a love letter to a place I’m not supposed to be. Read more...