I’m not good at remembering things. I didn’t think much of it when I joined the Daily Bruin. I applied on what was basically a whim a second before the deadline for applications closed and probably didn’t read the paper until the day of my interview. It wasn’t a prominent start to something I’d end […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Despite promises and publicity, UC perpetuates lackluster response to harassment
This year, thousands of UCLA graduates will be women. But very few of them will go on to become professors. The majority of students and college graduates today are women. But professorship remains a position largely occupied by men – and there are a lot of reasons why that’s the case. Sexual harassment and sexual […]
How my time at The Bruin helped me flourish, forge friendships -30-
Well, this was rather unanticipated. Lisa Aubry said she had no idea what to expect when she joined Daily Bruin as an Arts & Entertainment reporter – certainly not that she would conduct a meta-reportage of personal reflections three years later. Never having written a journalistic article in her life prior to joining, Aubry said […]
At UCLA, I learned to do what I love instead of trying to change myself -30-
New school, new me. I, like many others, wish to completely forget that high school ever happened – from the horrible hair choices to the experimentation with eyeliner, it wasn’t a good look. And it wasn’t a fun time either. High school was everything I didn’t want to repeat during my time in college. In […]
The stories and memories from the newsroom helped me understand who I am today -30-
What a wild ride it’s been. Imagine being an awkward, quiet 17-year-old Asian boy walking into a crowded office, and the first person you make eye contact with is Matt Cummings. It was like diving straight into the deep end of a pool before realizing you can’t swim. Yikes. I applied to the Daily Bruin […]
The second family I found at Daily Bruin helped me embrace myself -30-
I’m an overthinker, to the point where I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewritten the lede of this very column. Daily Bruin Copy is the one place this trait has served me well. The Copy desk took a lot of the things I previously didn’t like about myself and turned them into badges […]
College was full of mistakes, but joining the Daily Bruin was not one of them -30-
I’ve made a lot of mistakes during my time here at UCLA. Some of these mistakes were short-lived, and some will likely follow me for years to come. Much of my regret was a culmination of these mistakes, but looking back, I can locate the source of it all: uncertainty. I spent four years walking […]