”The more I cared about performing well, the more I would become frustrated with my inability to silence the noisy critic living inside my head.”
Category Archives: Prime
PRIME: Slowing the Storm
There are places and people who change us immeasurably, quietly, without us noticing, until we look up one rainy day and realize that they were the compass that guided us. These are the memories I want with me when I leave.
PRIME: Declining Health, Declined Help
Donovan Wilkes was eating lunch in his office when two of his colleagues told him Miss Mary, an older homeless woman he had been checking on, wasn’t responsive. It was 11 a.m., two hours after Miss Mary usually woke up, packed her belongings and walked to Peet’s Coffee for her first cup of coffee of […]
PRIME: Fall 2018
We choose what we want to remember, from the stories we share to our most precious moments and experiences. These are stories of survival, change and identity that define our experiences. This is PRIME, Daily Bruin’s quarterly arts, culture and lifestyle magazine.
prime: Drag queen Lorelei dazzles in one-woman show
Drag queen Lorelei debuted at the Hedrick Hall drag show in 2017. Since then, Lorelei created a one-woman show with a friend from Occidental College and has been performing in venues around the Los Angeles area.
Video: How to make friends
Three pairs of students who have never met before answer questions designed to create closeness. The questions were modified from social psychology researcher Arthur Aron’s study “The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness,” published in 1997.
How to make friends at UCLA: a foolproof step-by-step guide
I’d already made my bed and unpacked my clothes. My parents had left campus and were on their way home, leaving me sitting alone at my desk. I admired the dorm around me and was pleased with how smoothly move-in had gone. Five minutes later, I frowned. What now? Zero week is an awkward time […]