Author Archive for Taylor Weik
The Dish List: Panini Cafe
In my opinion, there are some cuisines that should not be mixed. Not only is it difficult to blend two distinctly different cultures together in the form of food, but the results usually end up clashing and tasting awful. I mean, what sounds enticing about dipping green beans (Asian) in bleu cheese (French)? Each kind [...]
The Art Of Fangirling
You obsess over your favorite band and smother your walls with their posters (signed by all of the members, of course). There are several books that you can read over and over again and still cry hysterically every time that one character dies. You never miss an episode of your favorite TV show and you [...]
‘Gangster Squad’: In the City of Angels
If there’s one thing that never gets old in the film industry, it’s the film noir genre. Commonly associated with big-time mob bosses, mysterious women and skulking detectives, there’s always a hint of danger in each gangster flick that remains fresh and exciting, no matter how many of them are made. Especially today among vampire [...]
Les Misérables
Taylor Weik: I’m usually an optimistic person, but I must confess that I was hesitant to watch this Tom Hooper blockbuster. I’d read the book by Victor Hugo (all 1,488 pages), I’d seen the musical and I was convinced that Hollywood was out to ruin one of the greatest novels of all time with weak [...]
Feelings After the Fact
I’ve never felt so many emotions rushing through my mind and feelings rippling through my body as I did the night my father passed away. Though his battle with leukemia had been a long one and I’d seen the life fading out of him gradually over the years, there was no way that I, an [...]
The Man with the Plan
First you hear yelling over pouring rain, the trudging of feet in mud and a piercing noise that can only be the sound of bayonets tearing flesh. Then you see white and black men alike, some donned in Union blue and others in Confederate gray, slaughtering one another over the land they all share. You’ve [...]
Asian-American Awareness
Vietnamese-American Bao Phi urges students to facilitate Asian-American history and community. Renowned Vietnamese-American spoken-word artist, writer and community activist, Bao Phi, spoke in an Asian-American studies class at UC Irvine last Thursday, Nov. 8. Bao Phi visited while on tour to promote his new book, “Song I Sing” in hopes of encouraging students to become [...]
The Dish List: Portola Coffee Lab
Imagine wandering into what appears to be a chemistry laboratory. You gaze around and see the usual equipment: beakers and flasks on every counter, a long row of glass siphons and a blown-up copy of the periodic table splayed across the wall. Chemists man their stations donning pristine lab coats. You’d think you had just [...]
For The Love of Lollicup
“Boba, $2!” It seems like all members of the numerous clubs staked outside compete for my attention whenever I set foot on Ring Road. Some run up to me, some wave flyers at me and some just holler at me from within the comfort of their tables to buy boba. Every clueless freshman on their [...]
Sororities on Sisterhood
We’ve all seen the movies where college Greeks spend their time gulping alcohol from red party cups, hooking up with each other in abandoned hallways and showing up to their classes extremely hungover. Hollywood has sensationalized fraternities and sororities by hiring muscular actors and stick-thin actresses to act arrogant and unintelligent as a way of [...]
