Long-distance relationships tend to be a bit like baby sea turtles ““ many thousands are conceived, hundreds come to life, but an astonishingly small percentage of them actually survive. Read more...

This is not going to be a 30 column where I describe the difficulties of running my job at the Daily Bruin. I won’t give you examples of hardships, how I slept overnight in the office, none of that. Read more...

My five years at UCLA have been the best years of my life. I have matured academically, socially, and emotionally. When I reflect on my time here, I do not immediately think about the many jobs that I have held, how many papers I have written, or that I was an elected official in student government. Read more...

Old editors in chief warned me about feeling deep sadness and undergoing difficult withdrawal periods after leaving the Daily Bruin. Dealing with student government officers angry about an editorial every other day, staying until 1 or 2 a.m., working on a sensitive news story, or having to completely improvise a midterm I had no time to study for all made the concept of missing The Bruin very unrealistic. Read more...

I first wandered down the dark recesses of Kerckhoff Hall and into the Daily Bruin office almost a year and a half ago. Having no previous journalism experience whatsoever and being a transfer student at an overwhelmingly large campus, I decided to jump into something completely foreign to me: the world of copy editing. Read more...

Graduation is an important and unforgettable event in your lives. It honors a significant accomplishment: the successful fulfillment of the requirements for your degree. It signals the end of a very special and formative period in your life. Read more...

After five years at UCLA, I am convinced that Disneyland needs to give their “Happiest Place on Earth” motto to UCLA. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but I really feel that UCLA is the best place for a student to be. Read more...