Archive for 2007
Expressing Art for Healing
Whenever art and therapy are mentioned within the same sentence, connections to ambiguous inkblots and your mother tend to come to mind. However, aside from psychoanalyzing blobs of spilled ink over white paper, why not bring out your inner Picasso to help cure the woes of your grief?
In recent years, therapy research has shifted gears [...]
Students Help in Relief Effort of Santiago Fires
STUDENTS: OC groups and organizations provide donations and volunteer to aid evacuees.
Don’t ‘Erase’ Your Future
The sidewalk on Anteater Plaza spoke, and it had this to say: ‘Don’t Erase Your Future.’ UC Irvine students and alumni took time to draw portraits of famous historical figures in chalk and charcoal last Thursday.
The artists were brought together by Don’t Erase Your Future, a program run by the Health Education Center to prevent [...]
The Eagles Take You To ‘Eden’ With New Release
The last time The Eagles released a new studio album, the music of the 1980s and 1990s was not a genre. But now, 28 years later, the world-renowned rock/country group is finally back with new material to please its diverse audience with ‘Long Road Out of Eden.’
After breaking up for 14 years, The Eagles reunited [...]
New Food Courts Leave Students Hungry
Approved by a referendum passed through an Associated Students of UC Irvine election in 2001, the brand new Student Center, which opened this quarter, was eagerly anticipated for its many promised features, not the least of which are the two food courts. West Food Court includes Wendy’s, Tortilla Express, Rice Garden and Quiznos. The more [...]
Fires Char Business Profits
LOCAL: Irvine stores reduce in sales due to fires and review plans for future emergencies.
Breakfast Omelettes Done Right
The Costa Mesa Omelette Parlor is making the most important meal of the day the most delicious one with a menu of hearty, flavorful omelettes, fluffy, fruit-topped waffles and other yummy breakfast staples. With names like ‘Goofoffer Reunion’ and ‘I Love Mush,’ the originality of their food, flavors and of the restaurant itself are perfectly [...]
Sun, Surf and Sand: OC Beaches
Life is all about sun, surf and sand here in Orange County. The southern coast of California is home to hundreds of miles of sun-kissed white sand and wild waves. Orange County alone has 42 miles of coastline. So while driving down bustling Pacific Coast Highway, we should realize just how lucky we are to [...]
OC Rescues Thousands of Homeless Animals
WILDLIFE: Displaced animals find homes in Orange County, particularly at the OC Fairgrounds.
Get Your Game Fix at ‘E For All’
The E for All expo, showcasing new video games, had a great first year. Konami was on hand with ‘Metal Gear Solid 4′ and Nintendo brought a playable ‘Super Smash Bros. Brawl’ to the public for the first time.
Most surprising was ‘Ghost Squad’ for Wii. What looked like a cheap, thrown-together game by Sega actually [...]
