When I interviewed with the Daily Bruin as a senior last fall, my editors asked why I wanted to join the paper. I didn’t join because I wanted to become an editor or eventually cover UCLA basketball – there simply wasn’t enough time. I joined because of something my alumni mentor, John, told me when […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
My time at UCLA has shown me how to love myself and put my needs first -30-
I am not an outspoken person – especially when it comes to expressing how I feel. If you know me the most common expression I use to describe anything is, “It’s okay,” or “It was alright.” My responses can appear to be very dull and unrelieved, to a point where people start asking me why […]
How I found community and lifelong friends in the newsroom -30-
A few weeks ago, I slacked Emi Nakahara, my science and health editor, a link to a National Public Radio article that cited the UCLA Loneliness survey. The story, about the increasing number of young people in America that are lonely, was a part of one of the dozen newsletters I had signed up for […]
The News opportunities of college journalism -30-
Every time I tell someone I’m graduating, their first question after congratulating me is usually, “So how do you feel?” T-minus five days and counting and I’m still not entirely sure. I imagine I’m supposed to feel nervous. Or excited. Apprehensive? Anxious. All the emotions will probably hit me as I’m sitting in Pauley Pavilion […]
Grateful to contribute to the paper’s legacy and learn along the way -30-
Kerckhoff 118. 1:43 a.m. Usually a time when about five exhausted, sleepy and burned out Daily Bruin staffers exit the building to a freezing, hauntingly empty UCLA campus and make their way home to get some rest. This night in early fall is different, however. We are 43 minutes past deadline. But that is alright […]
From extracurricular to identity, finding a home in journalism -30-
Growing up, I despised writing. Sure, I enjoyed reading, just like any other young girl, but I never imagined myself as an author, blogger, Yelp reviewer and most outrageously, a journalist. When I came to UCLA, I knew I wanted to do big things. What those big things were, I didn’t know, but, I was […]
The tireless toil and irreplaceable reward of being copy editor -30-
It is very rare – if at all possible – to feel a copy editor’s presence in a published work. So I decided to change that, at least for one day, by writing this column. I joined the Daily Bruin as a Copy intern from 2012 to 2013, in my first year at UCLA. I […]