Damn, we are some lucky people. There was a brief moment this quarter when I was walking from the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden toward Kerckhoff Hall and everything got quiet and the sunlight was slanted a particular way and the breeze and, I don’t know, but the combination of everything seemed perfect. I experienced […]
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UCLA returning student has new appreciation for education
Bill Nipper was asked to leave UCLA as a student, had a stint in the military, raised a son and spent decades working various jobs before he really began to take his education seriously. Nipper, 65, first attended UCLA in 1972, but after about a year was asked to leave because of low grades. “I […]
Senior Standouts: Jonathan Franklin
Johnathan Franklin came to UCLA widely considered to be no more than the second- or third-best running back of UCLA’s 2008 recruiting class.
Students breaks limits with feature-length film ‘Hozon’
Dallas King’s home office overflows with cinema.
Maria Simpson: Overcome hurdles to fulfill passions
Before I was a member of the Daily Bruin staff, I was the subject of an article in the paper. It was my first quarter at UCLA and I had just transferred from my community college in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. I got the crazy idea to participate in a statewide pageant to further my dream […]
Alexa Smahl: Smahl office has big impact
Every dank, windowless office can use a little laughter to lighten the mood, and there are few things I enjoy more than making people laugh. Being part of the Daily Bruin helped me realize that. As the managing editor last year, I aimed to facilitate an environment of creative freedom. I strived to help maintain […]
Sonali Kohli: The Daily Bruin fosters support, traditions worth mirroring
UCLA is a really big school. But being a part of the Daily Bruin staff made it smaller. UCLA became as small as the stories I taped to my closet door as a freshman news contributor, as compact as the Crimewatch maps I compiled, as friendly as the 40-person senior staff I edited with my […]