Carly Cody: Grateful for, humbled by place

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]