Author Archive for Taylor Weik
The Dish List: Snowflakez
When I first saw that the abandoned space next to Blaze Pizza in the University Town Center across from UCI was finally going to be filled a few months ago, my mind started buzzing as I began to consider all of the possibilities. A Chipotle to satisfy all of my midnight Mexican food cravings? An [...]
Remember When? – Literature
Mondays were always my favorite days in elementary school — a stark contrast to how I feel about these days now. Every Monday, my teacher would release us from the confines of our stuffy classroom, and for 30 glorious minutes, we had the freedom to roam about the school library and choose any book we [...]
Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’
Taylor Weik: I’ve been waiting for a good “Great Gatsby” revival. The 1974 version only scraped at the surface of the complexities and metaphors that make F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel so memorable, and the 2000 remake miscast Paul Rudd as the honest, unprejudiced Nick Carraway (no further explanation needed). To say that my last [...]
Remember When? Games and Toys
You’re babysitting little Alice and Brian on a Friday night while their parents are out. After dinner the kids are getting a little too rambunctious for you so you tell them to “go play with your toys.” Alice pulls out her phone and begins texting her friends; Brian swipes the screen of his iPad in [...]
Carol Burke: Writer for the World
For many, storytelling serves as a way for strangers to connect, for parents to pass down family history to their children and for people to learn from the past. For Carol Burke, an associate professor in the literary journalism department at UC Irvine, it’s her job. Burke, who has been teaching at UCI since the [...]
Remember When: Television
It’s after midnight, you’ve finally finished your essay and you need a break. So, you collapse onto the couch with a bowl of popcorn and find the remote, but to your surprise, the first thing you see appear on the screen is an adolescent Will Smith trying to woo a girl with big hair and [...]
Wayzgoose Unites ’Eaters
The 42nd annual celebration of UC Irvine boasted more clubs and a greater turnout than in recent years. ASUCI organized the 42nd annual Wayzgoose festival on Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in Aldrich Park for the UCI community, as well as for prospective students and parents. Also known as Celebrate UCI, [...]
Remember When?: Music
I’m just going to come right out and say it: for the most part, I can’t stand our generation’s music. The songs are catchy, sure, but if you listen to the words, you’ll find that they lack meaning and depth. And isn’t that why we listen to music in the first place? To feel a [...]
The Dish List: Sprinkles Ice Cream
The scene at the Corona del Mar Plaza is one that’s no stranger to large crowds and long lines. Just south of Fashion Island in Newport Beach, the quaint shopping center has a parking lot that is always packed and a continous line of customers trailing out the door of one particular bakery. But as [...]
Remember When: Fashion
Nostalgia: the warm, yearning feeling that ensues when you think back to the simpler times of your life. Or, in some cases, the cringing feeling you get when you recall something from your past that up until now you’ve worked so hard to forget. Either way, we can all agree that we’ve bonded with someone [...]
