Author Archive for Logan Payne
Blogging a Revolution from Cuba
Imagine a world where you couldn’t get on the Internet, where you couldn’t access Facebook from your iPhone. Tweets, what are that? A Google search? A Yelp review? Fiction writer, photographer, journalist and revolutionary Cuban blogger, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, also known simply as OLPL, visited UC Irvine for a Thursday event hosted by the [...]
It’s Our Job to Give You the News, Not the OC Register’s
Here we are in week three, the week when the fate of the New University’s 45 year history may come to a close within the next year. Where those blue bins you pick up a copy of the paper each week from will just go into storage or straight into the dumpster, only to become [...]
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 [...]
The Dish List: Rooster PM
Do you remember the review I did on Rooster Café in an earlier installment of the Dish List? As I mentioned earlier, once the sun sets, Rooster Café in Costa Mesa closes and allows Rooster PM to rise and shine. The unassuming eatery, located across the street from American Apparel and next to a pool [...]
From Pen to Pan: Pasta
No doubt, pasta is one of the most versatile dishes for the modern palette. It simultaneously acts as both the go-to meal for college students and a hoity-toity dish of the elite. This week, Pen to Pan seeks to illustrate such a dichotomy with Logan serving up a transcontinental dish inspired by Top Chef, while [...]
Thriving, Not Just Surviving: “We Step Into the Light”
Rape. Sexual assault. Abusive relationships. Domestic violence. Stalking. For some of the men and women who look to the CARE (Campus Assault Resources and Education) office for support after events like these, they’re met with a safe haven that provides them with people to talk to, programs to help them heal and education that will [...]
From Pen to Pan: Cupcakes
Even though Valentine’s Day has come and gone, we couldn’t resist trying out the small, delicious treat that is classically gifted from one sweetie to another. For this version of “From Pen to Pan,” Colleen adds a twist to the traditional baked good with a cheesecake cupcake that can be made in under 15 minutes, [...]
Greeks Give Back Too
Philanthropy. Giving back to the community. Lending a helping hand. These are values that are instilled, more or less, to members of UC Irvine’s Greek community, made up of nearly 50 fraternities and sororities (including multicultural organizations), and encompasses about 11 percent of UC Irvine’s student population. So how do these organizations, with their wide [...]
Ringing in a New Career
Michelle Kim closed her psychology books at the end of fall quarter for the last time. Never to be opened again at UC Irvine, or maybe ever for that matter. She took a trip to Vegas with her friends, celebrated Christmas and rang in the New Year as a college graduate. But what came next? [...]
From Pen to Pan: Soups
Soup: It’s what winter craves. And what better way to begin February than with a steaming bowl of happiness. This week, our editors took a gander at making a soup worth talking about. First, Logan shares her father’s classic Cioppino recipe which, although a slightly longer process and more costly recipe, is well worth the [...]
