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...
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Bye-lines: Bumpy ride turns out to be worth it
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Carnesale congratulates Class of 2003
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...
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Bye-lines: It’s been four years of love and hate
One of the more popular questions I get is “How’d you start working for the newspaper?” Well, it began innocently enough as something to have fun with “on the side” during my freshman year. Read more...
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Bye-lines: Find fulfillment in college, even if it drives you crazy
I’m sitting in the office right now before deadline, surrounded by a horde of staff members rushing to complete yet another paper. A new, ambitious writer to my left is furiously typing away with a phone in his hand. Read more...
Crime, Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Community ties are UCLA’s best asset
It was my first regents meeting. Not knowing where to go, I went in through the public entrance. After passing through the metal detector, the UCPD patted me down and I entered the room. There was a velvet rope that separated the University officials from the public. When I tried to cross this velvet rope to join the Board, I was immediately stopped by a UCPD officer, who warned me in a stern tone, “You don’t belong there.” Indeed, thinking about who my “colleagues” were to be ““ they were the social elite, political heavyweights, probably worth more than the GDP of a small country ““ I didn’t belong on the Board. As a middle-to-working class Pilipino suburban “kid,” I knew what I was getting into but didn’t know if I could handle it. I was obsessed with the question, “How can I push an agenda here?” I felt this intense burden to get something done with the time I had. With over 160,000 UC students, and only one on the Board, it would be a disgrace and disservice if this university remained unchanged on my watch. Read more...
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Bye-lines: Math student’s divided life worth it
I always get a puzzled look when telling people that I am a math student. How did a math student become an assistant design director at the Daily Bruin? Read more...
Opinion
|
June 8, 9:00 pm
Bye-lines: Hard work and initiative pays off
When I came to UCLA I purposely didn’t join The Bruin. I wanted to stay away from journalism and see if I had other interests. A couple of years and jobs later, I felt I still didn’t belong at UCLA. Read more...