Author Archive for Gregory Yee
Love in an Age of ‘Adz’
Something is rotten in the land of hipsters. Something has gone very awry. Sufjan Stevens released his first full-length song-based album since 2005’s “Illinois” on Oct. 12, 2010.
After ditching his ambitious 50 States Project, Stevens released an album of outtakes from “Illinois,” a Christmas album, embarked on a film and music project entitled “The BQE” [...]
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Surprising New Study Shows Curry is More than Meets the Eye
You can find it in curries, Indian, Indonesian, Thai and Persian cuisine and in French’s Classic Yellow Mustard. Turmeric is one of the world’s most commonly used spices. When not used to give flavor, it imparts a rich custard-yellow color to whatever food it is [...]
Groundbreaking Study Probes Water Cycle
Tucked away in a remote corner of Rowland Hall, UC Irvine Earth system science Professor James Famiglietti sat down in his immaculate office, leaned back in his chair, arms crossed behind his head, and started to talk.
Famiglietti and a team of scientists and researchers from the Department of Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines; College [...]
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English Professor’s Nobel Prize: Close, but no Cigar
On Oct. 7, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa – author of such titles as “The Green House” and “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter” – was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature, beating out N’gugi wa Thiongo, Distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature and director of the [...]
Muse Goes Supernova
Natasha Aftandilians | Staff Photographer
It was 8:45 p.m. at Staples Center and the pungent-smelling smoke in the air was not coming from the fog machine at the back of the arena.
The yellow-tinged light filtered lazily through the smoke. Music played from the speakers while the crowd waited. The arena was oddly quiet — lacking the [...]
A ‘Halcyon’ Flies for Deerhunter
Natasha Aftandilians | Staff Photographer
It’s rare that a record in the indie music scene manages to impress without hints of pretension. Even rarer is the record that captures a feeling of musical joy that makes you feel like you’ve stumbled upon new musical ground.
“Halcyon Digest,” the fourth studio album by the Atlanta, Georgia indie rock [...]
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DUI Checkpoint on Campus Scheduled to Take Place
A sobriety checkpoint will be conducted on UCI Campus by the UCI Police Department on Thursday, Oct. 14 at an unannounced time and location. Uniformed officers will be checking traffic flow for alcohol and drug impaired drivers.
The DUI checkpoint is intended to spread awareness about the dangers of [...]
New Year Brings New Cribs To UCI
Sofia Panuelos | Staff Photographer
UC Irvine seniors Tommy Ceron and Jonathan Erbe bounded into their new apartment in Camino del Sol, taking refuge from the beating September sun. The heat outside radiated off of the asphalt, off the cars, off the buildings — there was no shady refuge. The few trees planted around the apartments [...]
UCI Hosts UCSA
Diane Jong | Staff Photographer
Voices buzzed around the white room with drab brown carpet while the students waited for the Congress to begin as they sat in little clusters all around Pacific Ballroom C and D.
The opening speaker, Mayor of Maywood Ana Rosa Rizo stepped to the microphone.
“In the future of government, we need to [...]
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UCI Creative Writing Alumna Wins Prestigious Award
Vicki Forman, a 1994 graduate of UCI’s M.F.A. program in writing, won the prestigious 2010 PEN USA Literacy award for creative nonfiction for her memoir “This Lovely Life.”
Her work follows her experience giving birth to twins three months prematurely, the ensuing grief and her tremendous struggle as the mother [...]
