All Entries in the "Features" Category
Summer in Irvine
Summer has the quality of being an entity of its own, completely separate from all other seasons. The liveliness of spring is replaced by a gentle ambiance in which it is completely acceptable (and encouraged) to be lazy, carefree and spontaneous. Calendars are not useful anymore, for time is no longer counted by days but [...]
A Year of Hoodie Allen
Then, there were smaller acts but, recently, Hoodie Allen has topped the iTunes album with his second EP, “All American.” When “All American” debuted number 1 on iTunes, I was ecstatic. UCI students were lucky enough to see an artist before he made it big. So, does that make us all hipsters? Of course I [...]
The Newsroom
When I was offered the Features editor position for this year, I was excited. For my resume, but also for my future. Just a year earlier, I had no direction, no dreams, no goals, and then, all of a sudden, I had something to work towards. It was amazing. I looked forward to meeting the [...]
A Farewell to Fashion
Well it’s officially time to throw trends aside and bust out the cap and gowns; GRADUATION time everybody. But this end of the year is bitter-sweet for some of us. With the end of the school year and summer already upon us, I must bid you adieu as the New U publishes my column for [...]
Sitting Around the Breakfast Table
It was late and the day had been long, but we wanted to be with each other even longer. And we were hungry — extremely, extremely hungry. Sundays in the newsroom for the past two years have been both amazingly fun and incredibly exhausting, and January 15 was no different. Justine, Jun, Greg, Priya and [...]
Working on my Final Finals
Finally, after countless late nights and early mornings of completing papers and cramming for exams, my time as an undergraduate at UC Irvine has come to a close. It seems that every time finals week comes around I become overwhelmed and anxious about how I will perform and what my final grades will be (as [...]
Michael Chin’s Great Adventures
“Why?” This question constantly haunts my journalistic endeavors. As in, “Why did you go vegan for a month?” or, “Why are you sleeping in the park for a week?” I suppose I’ve gained notoriety at this newspaper (though it feels tremendously pompous to say so) for a sort of experiential journalism. In layman’s terms, that [...]
Thank You Seniors
It’s week 10 of spring quarter: the week of burnouts, senioritis and wakeup calls for those who have been slacking off since week one. The school year is coming to an end, and summer is blocked by just one more round of finals. Suddenly, the thought that next year Ring Road will be missing some [...]
Serving in the Peace Corps
By Bernard Wong On a late Tuesday afternoon, UC Irvine senior and history major Michael Martelle sips his hefeweizen as he loudly discusses the American labor movement from the late 1800s onwards. On his second pint, he shortly shifts towards the current state of affairs — loosely analyzing politics in the 21st century. After [...]
Take Me to the Playground
The Playground could be the best new restaurant in Orange County. Located at the corner of a one-way street in Santa Ana, it is driven by Jason Quinn, original chef of the Lime Truck and winner of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, and his team of alt-centric chefs. The building is located [...]
