I recently came across a photo of myself as an awkward eighth grader with a round smiling face of heavy acne, sweaty hair and a well-worn cornflower blue UCLA sweatshirt. Read more...
Photo: Graciana Paxton stands for a portrait wearing a graduation sash. (Courtesy of Graciana Paxton)
Being called a “corny ass nerd” in the comments on my first album review was one of the highlights of my life. I entered the Daily Bruin as a News intern during the COVID-19 pandemic, trained in Copy on a whim and became a slot editor. Read more...
Photo: Natalie Agnew stands for a portrait. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
I always like to tell people that I fell ass-backward into joining the Daily Bruin. It was the start of my sophomore year, and the extent of my knowledge about The Bruin was realizing I went to a school that probably had a student newspaper. Read more...
Photo: Joseph Crosby stands for a portrait. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
When I heard my dorm building had flooded in the middle of a print shift, I don’t think I could have predicted that night would end up being one of my favorite UCLA memories. Read more...
Photo: Isabelle Friedman stands for a portrait outside Kerckhoff Hall. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)
When beginning my time at UCLA in 2020, I had few ways to connect with my new Bruin community. With online learning, I was limited in the number of new people I could meet or professors I could interact with – the experiences I was most eager for. Read more...
Photo: Eva Danesh stands for a portrait. (Daily Bruin file photo)
I sat at a makeshift desk in my mom’s bedroom, anxiously reading the Zoom tab’s message. “Anushka Jain’s Personal Meeting. Please wait, the meeting host will let you in soon.” It was the end of fall quarter 2020 and the time had come to pitch my first article to PRIME, the Daily Bruin’s quarterly magazine. Read more...
Photo: Kate Green stands for a portrait in front of Kerckhoff Hall. (Darlene Sanzon/Assistant Photo editor)
My video production journey started accidentally, but I never looked back. I first started in high school when I was trying to find my math teacher for office hours after school. Read more...
Photo: Crystal Trinh stands for a portrait. (Julia Zhou/Daily Bruin senior staff)
