Cut. Awkward, rephrase. When I first saw these bolded words plastered all over the draft of my first ever Daily Bruin story, my heart sank. I had worked on that story for hours, poring over every minute detail, fleshing it out with fanciful language. I saw myself as a dancer pirouetting across a stage, a […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Gott’s Thoughts: Grit falters on field, flourishes in newsroom -30-
I was the worst player on my high school baseball team. But during one drill, I was almost the best. It was a simple ground ball drill. As long as I took the proper “prep-step,” fielded the ball cleanly and threw the ball somewhere in direction of first base, I was allowed to get back […]
Tanner’s Take: Finding valuable life lessons in a sports cliche -30-
This is my collegiate recap, something of a career-ending column to remember the past four years. So let’s take a look back. My first lesson in the Daily Bruin Sports section was to never use the tired phrase that coaches and players love to recycle: “We’re just taking things one game at a time.” It’s […]
The Daily Bruin revised my life plans in the best way possible -30-
I would probably still be trying to become an opera singer if it wasn’t for the Daily Bruin. I came to UCLA nontraditional in my desired career path but absolutely un-extraordinary in every other way. I’d spent the four years prior at an arts high school, where I’d studied opera performance and spent most of […]
Hard work at the Daily Bruin makes us stronger reporters and better people -30-
As John Mulaney said, “It is so much easier not to do things than to do them, that you would do anything is totally remarkable.” Is it lazy writing to start with a quote? Sure. But after three years of nonstop reporting and editing, I’m feeling a bit lazy. Mulaney sums it up better than […]
There’s never a right time because it’s always the right time -30-
I remember tearing up when I found out I was accepted into the Daily Bruin. It was fall quarter of my first year on campus, and I had spent the last few weeks of summer stressing about my application. During my interview, I learned that the photography department had received an unusually high amount of […]
Pravin Visakan: Upcoming California governor should address grid integration in climate legislation
In an era where certain federal authorities have been known to dismiss climate change as a Chinese hoax, Californian officials and legislators have made tireless promises to care for and protect the environment. Progress on fixing power generation, however, has been more limited. After all, wind turbines don’t run on hot air. In the state […]