Author Archive for Belester Benitez
The Other Road: English to Management
It’s 4:40 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The 90-degree weather outside is exhausting. In the cool comfort of the newsroom I sit with Victoria Mariscal, a fourth-year English major from Downey, California, and speak with her about her career plans. Mariscal is currently a Location Supervisor for the Newkirk Alumni Center, which opened in January. She [...]
The Other Road: English to Music
Pawl Espinoza is a fourth-year Anteater from the San Francisco East Bay area. He is an English major who enjoys the flexibility of time that his major allows him, and credits this as being beneficial to his life. When asked why he chose this field of study, he responds, “It was my strength … I [...]
Williams Delivers ‘More’
The past five years have been turbulent for Tennessee pop-punk band, Paramore. Turmoil and personal issues resulted in the cancellation of European tours in 2008, and in December 2010, these tribulations came to a head when brothers Josh and Zac Farro quit the band. After many interviews and press releases detailing reasons for this split, [...]
The Other Road: From English to Law
Natalie Badalof is a fourth-year Anteater from Santa Clarita, California. She is an English major who will graduate in June. Her favorite book is “Invisible Monsters” by Chuck Palahniuk, and when asked if she reads a lot she replies, “Yeah.” The professions you envision when you think of an English major are usually a writer, [...]
Four Corners: Body image
Dat-Vinh Nguyen: It concerns weight … people’s looks, and how it impacts health, and its relation to health. Sarah Menendez: If there’s one thing that bothers me — and also speaking as a woman — it’s that we’re constantly faced with things like “13 ways to get skinny in two weeks.” To me, it puts [...]
Four Corners: Steubenville
By Belester Bentiez, Ryan M. Cady, Sarah S. Menendez and Logan Payne Staff Writers Logan Payne: The most interesting part is the rape culture within that city and how the rape was treated and how much outrage was sparked. Just thinking about the dissenters and the supporters and how people were saying like, this girl [...]
Celebrating Christien Rodriguez
Family, students and peers of the late Christien Rodriguez express their memories and praises in honor of him at a memorial service last Friday.
Four Corners: A New Mascot
Four Corners: This week in the newsroom, we decided to ponder what course of action we would take in the event that Peter the Anteater was kidnapped. The focus of our discussion gravitated towards what mascot we would adopt as Peter’s replacement. Ian Massey: I’m going to throw out the honey badger. It’s just as [...]
Passion Of The Teach
Our education needs more passion. The humanities harbor meaningful stories and truths. You receive the narrative of human history in these classes — the origins of your country and maybe even your family. The sciences teach you about your body and hold information crucial to human existence. The arts teach what it means to be [...]
Engineers in ‘Action’
Having received funding and approval of faculty, the student-established group is set to build their first IV pole prototype. A group of UC Irvine engineering students met to discuss the development of a new IV pole that may assist and improve the conditions of hospital patients last Wednesday at the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced [...]
