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As I write this column, I’m struck by how fast my time at UCLA has gone. When you’re knee-deep in midterms and questioning yourself on why you just didn’t take an easier route and become a superhero like you wanted to, it seems like the quarter will never end.

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Words of advice to my past self about news writing, life in LA -30-

By Aletta Cooke

June 7, 2019 11:31 p.m.