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“Gangnam Style”: Not the Only One
Yellow caution tape covered the entrance to BCD Tofu House on a Friday evening, while a wall of people surrounded the area as bystanders stuck their cellphones out ready to take a snapshot. It was no ordinary hustle and bustle of the weekend for the culinary hotspot. The tofu house attracted a different type of [...]
Tuning in to College Radio
Paul McEldowney casually settles into his chair and turns to his laptop. He opens up his music files and selects a few songs, adding them to his playlist. He then turns to the soundboard and adjusts a few settings. A song can be heard playing in the background. Once the sound of the song fades, [...]
Q&A With Professor Famiglietti
As the head of the Hydrology and Climate Research Group at UC Irvine, James Famiglietti is an expert in the global water cycle change and freshwater availability according to measurements of groundwater depletion. He is the director of the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling at UC Irvine and the former director of the UC Irvine [...]
The Truest Education: One That’s Abroad
“I didn’t know I had a culture until I lived in a different one.” A member of the staff at my International Education orientation spoke these words shortly after I had gotten off a plane in late August, as she shared her own study abroad experiences and welcomed us to ours. Though it was one [...]
The Dish List: SoCo Farmer’s Market “Farm to Food Truck IV” Competition
Challenge accepted. These words may have been spoken by Barney Stinson in “How I Met Your Mother,” but this test was of a different kind. The Farm to Food Truck Challenge IV was an endeavor held at SoCo Farmers’ Market on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Located in Costa Mesa near [...]
SOCC: A Weekend of Culture, Fun, and Education
Over the years, I have seen a growing movement toward equal opportunity and higher education take place here among students at UC Irvine. People are starting to realize that our universities see a low acceptance rate of students of color and peaceful protests are met with force and violence from the police; more money is [...]
The Undercover Profiler: Connection
And 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 8! Left, right, left, tap, right, left, right, tap. You just learned the basic steps of Bachata; a three-step dance followed by a tap on the fourth beat that originated in the Dominican Republic. Last Friday, I had the privilege of attending The Latin Connection’s first Bachata workshop of [...]
Triumphs for Traci Lee
Oh, the places you’ll go when you pursue your dreams, your goals! What people you’ll meet, and what experiences await you! For Traci Lee, a UC Irvine literary journalism alumna from the class of 2011, her passion for journalism has taken her from Irvine to Maryland, where she worked as an intern for NPR for [...]
Young Love and Anteaters
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. The bride ascends the aisle, veil covering her face, while wedding music plays and emotional friends and family smile and watch. When she reaches the groom, he gently lifts the veil, exposing the face of his soon-to-be wife and gazes into the eyes of the individual with whom he [...]
The Dish List: Rooster Café
Costa Mesa is a strange place. Located within city limits is a cross between a hipster oasis with its independent shops, vegan restaurants and an OC housewives paradise with South Coast Plaza, the largest upscale mall in California. And located across the street from The Lab, an American Apparel outpost, is Rooster Café. With its [...]
