Powell Library is pictured. Reading banned books fuels knowledge and inspires resilience in the next generation of readers, writes columnist Lilly Leonhardt. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Essentials.
That’s what I was supposed to pack as I watched the fires crest the hills near the Sepulveda pass, a few miles from my home.
Hello everyone.
Professors, classmates, friends, listeners. My name’s Olivia Miller. Communication and sociology student. Daily Bruin Podcasts editor. Investigative tunnel explorer. And – somehow – a UCLA graduate.
One hundred articles later and seeing the byline “Rahaf Abumansour, Daily Bruin staff” still feels surreal.
Writing a 30 column to commemorate my time at a place that has meant so much to me feels just as unreal – a full-circle moment in the best way.
I accidentally pulled an all-nighter for my first project at the Daily Bruin.
I joined the Daily Bruin right during the momentous return of DBTV – Daily Bruin Television – a broadcast-style series initially active in the mid to late 2000s.
Daily Bruin has always been about the people.
In the spirit of that sentiment, I will spare you the spiel of how much I grew and learned from being a part of this organization – as a contributor, assistant Photo editor, senior staffer, Photo editor and senior staffer again (in that order).
The Daily Bruin has been my longest and most stable relationship in college.
I said that haphazardly as a joke to my roommate last week, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how literal the statement was.
I always wanted to live a marvelous life.
There is a Jefferson Airplane song I listened to in my childhood called “The Other Side Of This Life.” It is a meditation on the absurdity and unpredictability of existence beyond what you can see.
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