Author Archive for Gregory Yee
Regents Aim to Increase Student Involvement
REPRESENT: Student Regent and Regent-Designate visit UC Irvine as part of a UC-wide recruitment tour.
By Gregory Yee
Staff Writer
GOP Considers Latino Nominees for 2012
Politics: Latino candidates may not be enough to sway the Latino electorate towards the GOP.
By Gregory Yee
Staff Writer
‘Indifferent’ to Nada Surf
OUTDATED: Nada Surf’s latest album sounds fine on a first listen, but gets more trite after subsequent ones.
Golden Rules for Old School Grilling and How Not to Fear the Flames
The BBQ occupies a unique place in the human experience. Everywhere that flames, embers and smoke perfume the air, everywhere an intoxicating, meaty haze is punctuated only by the unmistakable sizzle of the grill, people are brought together, gathering around the warmth.
I learned the ways of the grill in my childhood from my grandfather — [...]
CALLING ALL ANTEATERS
Protest: UC Irvine students and faculty gather to protest upcoming UC and CSU meetings.
By Gregory Yee
Staff Writer
Calling All Anteaters
UC Irvine saw its first large protest of the year as roughly 300 students gathered at the flagpoles for a teach in and protest at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 9, joining thousands of college students on 10 different campuses across the state in observance of a Statewide Day of Action.
Wednesday’s rallies were designed to kick [...]
Florence + the ‘Ceremonials’
BAROQUE: Florence Welsh’s second album is more produced than “Lungs,” but does not become too grandiose.
M83′s Extended ‘Dreaming’
DOUBLE: M83’s latest effort is 22 tracks spread over two discs, and it shows its duplicity proudly.
Summering in the Eastern Bloc
We waved goodbye from the other side of the security checkpoint, looking at two faces framed in the doorway, at once so familiar and so strange. The grandmother stood across the long room with her son. The bright colors of her head wrap shone under the eerie flickering of the fluorescent lights at Minsk National Airport.
Lending a Helping Hand
SERVICE: Community Relations Committee organizes a volunteer day at the Orange County Rescue Mission
