After years of broken promises and shattered dreams, the Westwood Neighborhood Council is like a lingering cold for Westwood Village. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, homeowners and business owners that spearheaded a vote to subdivide the current jurisdiction of the WWNC, aimed to create a new neighborhood council that is more representative of community […]
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Editorial Cartoon: A summer in Westwood
Learning faith in the storm of life -30-
My name is a celebration of the freedom my parents, and especially my mom, felt living in America. In the long list of people I want to celebrate, they are first. She was 29 and had been living in the United States six years when I was born. People often say Filipinos are predisposed to […]
Countless hours at The Bruin shaped me and my career path -30-
Westwood became my second home the summer I became city editor. I would endure a two-hour commute from my home in South Los Angeles several times a week to help with production on campus, to look for stories by meeting business owners and to cover community meetings. The cherry on top was covering LA’s Mobility […]
Pushing out of my comfort zone and making memories for 20 years from today -30-
I’ve relied on the Daily Bruin so much in the past four years that I needed it to teach me one last thing: how to write this column. I asked my sister and I asked my friends, but ultimately it was Gail who gave me the advice I needed (because, well, she’s an editor): “Write […]
On facing the enormity of the world and learning to embrace each moment -30-
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 […]