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The Dish List: California Gogi Korean Grill
As a native of Garden Grove — aka the home of all things Asian like Little Saigon — I like to think I know a thing or two about Korean BBQ. I may not be Korean, but I can walk out my front door and smell bulgogi and kimchi like someone who lives in Newport [...]
Two Impressive Anteaters
The Knowledgeable Guide When 18-year-old Jabari McDonald arrived in Irvine in the fall of 2010 to begin his studies at UC Irvine, his mind was already made up — UCI was not the place for him. He planned to transfer as soon as possible. Several days after McDonald moved into Viento, a residence hall in [...]
Receding Republicans
Last election season, Jeremy Jang, president of the College Republicans at UC Irvine, brought a high-profile guest to campus: Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a former Reagan speechwriter and one of the House Republican caucuses’ top foreign policy wonks. Rohrabacher fought in Afghanistan, with the mujahedin, against the Soviets in the early 1980s. He also surfs. [...]
Ringing in a New Career
Michelle Kim closed her psychology books at the end of fall quarter for the last time. Never to be opened again at UC Irvine, or maybe ever for that matter. She took a trip to Vegas with her friends, celebrated Christmas and rang in the New Year as a college graduate. But what came next? [...]
From Pen to Pan: Soups
Soup: It’s what winter craves. And what better way to begin February than with a steaming bowl of happiness. This week, our editors took a gander at making a soup worth talking about. First, Logan shares her father’s classic Cioppino recipe which, although a slightly longer process and more costly recipe, is well worth the [...]
The Dish List: The Wheel of Life
As I sat down in my relatively small but cozy booth at The Wheel of Life, the menus before me were filled with an almost overwhelming amount of options. As a vegan, I’m used to going out to eat and being restricted to about three items or less on an otherwise meat-heavy menu, but at [...]
Before I Die…
Pinks, blues, greens, yellows. Scrawled notes, cursive loops. English, Chinese, Spanish. Imagine having a place to express your thoughts; to make sense of your role in life and to share the goals you have to get there. It’s not as private as a diary, where you’re left entirely to your own musings. It’s a public [...]
Welcome to the Gun Show, in Costa Mesa
Anyone driving past the Orange County Fairgrounds last weekend was presented with an uncommon dilemma: guitars or guns? Most chose guns, as the SoCal World Guitar Show’s attendance paled in comparison to the huge draw at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Long lines and occasional rain were not enough to keep over 20,000 [...]
In Love and War: Dealbreakers
Love is a choice. This is a lesson I have learned within the past year and it will be a lesson I will continue to try and comprehend day by day with the person I love. What I mean by love being a choice is that the honeymoon stage between you and your lover will [...]
Bringing Science Back
The Cal Teach program was launched in 2006 as a UC-wide partnership with a goal of training and putting 1,000 new math and science teachers annually into California classrooms. Each UC campus has its own variation of the program, though they each share a common goal. UCI’s Cal Teach program is no less unique than [...]
