All Entries in the "Features" Category
The Other Road: Diala Debbas, From English to Law
Diala Debbas is a fourth-year Anteater originally from Jordan. She lives in Huntington Beach and will graduate in 10 days with her English major. After a journey spanning two different continents and two possible career paths, Debbas will continue her education by pursuing a career in law. Belester Benitez: “Why did you choose to be [...]
The Princess Among Us
Anteaters, we are in the presence of royalty. UC Irvine’s very own Aimee Le, Miss Fountain Valley 2013, roams around our campus day in and day out. If you run into her, though, there is no need to bow. Aimee humbly accredits her success in the pageant to the multitude of lifelong skills learned and [...]
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 [...]
Finding a Better Way to Go Green
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information, also known as Calit2 at UC Irvine, houses various research centers and projects being led by students and faculty. While the Calit2 building is somewhat tucked away in the engineering end of the campus, the environment is by no means exclusive. Collaboration, according to the Calit2 website, is [...]
A Former ‘Eater an Oscar Nominee
At the start of his undergraduate career at UC Irvine, 2010 Alumnus Edward Patrick Alva had no idea that he would end up with a career in filmmaking, much less that the documentary that he worked on would be up for an Oscar nomination. “The Invisible War,” the 2012 film centered on the epidemic of [...]
Food From Home: The Armenian Cheese Boreg
You’re sitting in your dorm room, apartment or beachside Newport complex, bored and hungry. You think to yourself, wishing you knew how to cook something fun, easy and delicious. If only, right? Well, worry no more! Let me introduce you to the Armenian Cheese Boreg (Borek.) Quite similar to the Latin empanada, the boreg is [...]
Dare to Go Dental
For many individuals, going to the dentist elicits a feeling of dread. Anticipating what the dentist has to say about the state of our mouth and what has to be fixed is an additional, yet fortunate, emotional price we pay for first world dental care. Becoming a dentist, for those who choose to provide that [...]
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 [...]
The Dish List: Confetti Italian Ice and Custard
What: Confetti Italian Ice & Custard Where: 1175 Baker St, Costa Mesa, 92626 How Much: $2-10 Hours: Mon-Thu 12 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Fri-Sun 12 p.m. – 11 p.m. Rating: 3.5/5 Once upon a time, there was only one type of ice cream shop: the kind that only served ice cream with the option of one, two or three [...]
Always an Anteater
When seeing professors teach, host office hours and administer exams, it is difficult to imagine that they all went through the same experiences as college undergraduates, like us. Some of us even view our professors as intimidating and unsympathetic to our busy, hectic student lives. Yet, all of our professors have experienced many of the [...]
