Three years is an oddly indefinable period of time. Some days, my stint at UCLA seemed interminable. Some days, it seemed all too transitory. And now, as I sit here typing up the text that will bear my very last byline in the Daily Bruin, I can’t help but realize that both sentiments, opposing as […]
Author Archives: Serli Polatoglu
Serli Polatoglu: Dissertation process should be aligned with digital age
When I imagine average graduate students writing massive, book-length dissertations, I see tired figures, slumped over desks with dark circles under their eyes and piles of books scattered beside them.
_Serli Polatoglu: Research skills invaluable for all students_
Upon entering my final fall quarter at UCLA, I considered myself extremely lucky to have made it to the brink of graduation having never written a single research paper. The concept of “research” never really gelled with me – it was just a word professors in the hard sciences threw around in their laboratories; a […]
_Serli Polatoglu: Meatless Mondays limit freedom of choice_
I am anything but a vegetarian.
_Serli Polatoglu: Students should only join honor societies if they plan on participating_
When I stare at my resume, the text describing my memberships in ALD & PES and Golden Key, another honor society at UCLA, mocks me.
Having just joined Mortar Board this year, that brings my total to a whopping three honor societies listed on my resume, two of which I can comfortably say I’ve had no involvement in.
Opinion editor's note
Daily Bruin Opinion editor, Serli Polatoglu, offers welcome, advice
Suspended from trees
One student group has been unable to find a place to meet on campus because a wall of insurance problems stand in the way, despite efforts that have lasted more than a year.