Writing, science can define, not divide, writer’s identity
By Daily Bruin Staff
June 10, 2001 9:00 p.m.
 Carolina Reyes Reyes was a Daily Bruin
contributor for News in 2000-2001.
While at The Bruin, I’ve had the privilege of working with
a diverse group of creative individuals, all of them hard-working
and committed to journalism. Up until last November, I never
dreamed I’d be writing for The Bruin. I’ve constantly
struggled between being a scientist and being a writer. When I
first arrived at UCLA, I couldn’t decide between biology and
English. Since then, I’ve given up trying to separate one
from the other. I’m a writer and I’m a biologist, and
that’s the way it’s going to be. So today, rather than
reminisce about the past, I’d like to share with you this
poem dedicated to the class of 2001.
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“The Graduate” There is a moment when every graduate
will look ahead, To a time beyond exams, beyond chaos, beyond
sleepless nights, To a place full of mystery, full of hope and
desire.
Where the mind can grow and expand, And where the soul can learn
to be brave and to nourish, There is a place where, this adventure
ends, And where another one begins, Where knowledge lurks about,
And where possibilities await, To be discovered, to be
explored.
Let us leave this place where we were challenged day by day, And
where our first awakenings occurred, Past the avenue of memories,
We shall walk together down the road, Where at last we’ll be
allowed to tinker and to toy.
Yes let us walk with a walk that is eager and bold, To the end
of this road where another begins. Yes let us walk with a walk that
is eager and bold, To the paths that take many twists, many turns,
For us graduates, we’ve learned, for us graduates we know,
That the place that awaits is the brave new world.
