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Sweater Weather is Better Weather
Simply thinking about autumn — the colors, the weather, the mood, the food, the people, the costumes, the comfort — infuses this heart-lifting feeling and a sense of joy, despite the forthcoming days of a new school year and workload. It’s safe to say that autumn is without a doubt my favorite season, and the [...]
The Column of Babel: Lisa from Sweden
Californians may take the abundant sunshine for granted, but Lisa Damberg, an international student working on her master’s in civil engineering, will miss the sunshine when she goes back home to Vdxjv, Sweden. Damberg couldn’t have imagined a better place to spend the past year. “I love Irvine!” Damberg said with a big smile. “It’s [...]
The Dish List: Le Petit Bateau
Down Pacific Coast Highway, in the five-mile stretch that is the watercolor dream world of Corona del Mar, there is no shortage of nifty, although not so thrify, shops and cafés. The process of finding good, local businesses may seem daunting especially when the goal is food: the right place with relaxed yet personal service [...]
The Tattoo: Then and Now
Look around the room, and you’re bound to catch a glimpse of a tattoo or two peeking from sleeve cuffs, creeping up necks or clinging to anklebones. Look around the beach (or yoga class, or volleyball practice, or wherever people have a stronger tendency to skimp on clothes) and you are practically guaranteed to see [...]
Making the Transfer to Irvine
With the beginning of the new school year, new students celebrate their arrival and begin to familiarize themselves with the UC Irvine campus. Out of about 8,000 of these new students, 1,800 are transfers. While transfers have already been college students and aren’t foreigners to all-night studying binges for midterms and finals, being on a [...]
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 [...]
The Real RA Report
When sophomore Prab Auila was asked what she appreciated most about her Resident Advisor last year, she proudly said, “We became more than an RA and a resident, we became really good friends. She always offered advice on classes, boys or anything I came to her with. It was nice to have someone when you [...]
Dean Talesh Wants YOU to Get Involved
By now, most students have made it to their first few days of class, received their syllabi that’s most likely packed with reading assignments, midterms, papers, finals and quizzes, and have been reunited or united with their new roommates and old friends. The start of a new school year always brings a fresh excitement to [...]
195 Miles of Memories
Our team names varied often – from Wine-ing through Napa, to Positiving through Napa, to The Grapists – but 195 miles, 30 hours and 11 minutes after starting the Ragnar Relay Napa Valley race, 11 of us crossed the finish line as one. I, Ian Massey, finished my third Ragnar Relay in April, which was [...]
The Dish List: ‘Lette Macarons
Paris may be the city of lights, but it is also home to one of a most delectable treats: the macaron. Fortunately for us in America, a macaron connoisseur by the name of Paulette Koumetz has traveled far and wide and, with the help of French pastry chef extraordinaire Christophe Michalak, has created ‘Lette Macarons, [...]
