If you had told me my freshman year that I would be writing a -30- column for the Daily Bruin’s Graduation Issue, I would have laughed. Read more...

Photo: (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)

I’ve always loved stories. In fact, I joined the Daily Bruin to become a storyteller. I couldn’t wait to develop my own voice, find my own style and become a writer whose words people were eager to devour. Read more...

Photo: (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)

Since I started at the Daily Bruin, I’ve been thinking about what I would put in my farewell column. It’s been almost four years, and I still don’t know how to come at this one. Read more...

Photo: (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)

I’d do it all over again if I could. The whole damn thing. Every moment from submitting that Copy intern application at 11:50 p.m. in the fall of 2017 right up until now, writing this piece as a jaded senior staffer full of knowledge but very ready to fly the nest. Read more...

Photo: (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Introductory sentences are my weakness. That was the first sentence of the personal insight essay that helped me transfer into UCLA two years ago. So you can imagine my horror while I was sitting through intern training, finding out that a lede – the first sentence – is the single most important part of a Daily Bruin story. Read more...

Photo: (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)

This is attempt number two at writing my -30- column. The other one I wrote was pretty out there and pretty “unique.” I say that with quotation marks because I’ve realized some of the motivations behind why I wanted to write something so revolutionary (sarc) (and I’ve decided to include my sarcastic remarks on the page with a “(sarc)” like some people do (but not AP, sorry Copy) when there are grammatical errors in a quote), and the results are kind of interesting. Read more...

Photo: (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)

College students and faculty have little choice but to trust their university with virtually all of their personal information. Unfortunately, there isn’t a guarantee it will stay protected. Read more...

Photo: The University of California must do more to communicate the full extent of the recent data breach and improve its cybersecurity measures to prevent future attacks. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)