All Entries in the "Features" Category
Serving the Community
By Taylor Weik
Staff Writer
The childlike feeling of giddiness that rises in your chest come Christmas morning when you peer under the tree and gaze at all of the wrapped gifts waiting for you — is there a better feeling than receiving?
Coming home from a long day of classes and work to a delicious hot meal [...]
Paperback Books, Still Nice
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By Annie Kim
Staff Writer
In our generation and the future to come, technology is and will be constantly advancing and wiggling its way into our lives. Once a upon a time, technology replaced the carrier pigeon with huge brick telephones which eventually evolved in to cellphones, and now on to do-it-all iPhones and other [...]
The Quinoa Chronicles: Vegan Baking, Portobellos and the Best Cupcake I’ve Ever Eaten
Let’s talk desserts.
Many people treat vegan desserts like they’re infected, as if being vegan is a contagious disease and by eating our baked goods you’re going to contract a fatal case of veganism. Almost every time I’ve offered someone part of a vegan cupcake or brownie, they’ve almost all smiled like it was ridiculous for [...]
The Quinoa Chronicles: Nutritional Yeast, French Fries, Avocados and Sea Birds
By Michael Chin
Staff Writer
Nutritional yeast. Yeah, it sounds weird. I’ll admit that I was skeptical too; when I first heard of it, I scoffed in my head. (“Yeast? Like for bread?”) The name made it sound so … clinical. And the nickname doesn’t really help. “Nooch,” as some call it, sounds like the street name [...]
‘CalTeaching’ to Learn
By Archana Venugopal
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
This quote from Benjamin Franklin is the motto of the year for UC Irvine’s Cal Teach club and program. Cal Teach is a program for undergraduate students who are interested in teaching. Although it is mainly aimed at STEM [...]
Crow Burger, ‘Seriously Good’
By Logan Payne
When driving down Newport Boulevard on a sun soaked day, you can expect to see some pretty quintessential Southern California things. Girls riding bikes in bikinis, check. Over-baked, middle aged women with fake boobs, check. Over-baked, middle-aged men with younger women at their side, check. Ah yes, breathe in the salty air as [...]
Accio, Dumbledore’s Anteaters
By Sara Naor
Staff Writer
I am the Harry Potter generation. I grew up with Harry, dreamed of getting my Hogwarts letter and wished I was magic. By the time I turned 11, I was a full-blown fanatic and have had to cope with being cursed to live as a Muggle ever since. Luckily, for me and [...]
The Homecoming Court
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By Carly Lanning
Staff Writer
Homecoming may have been about popularity in high school but here at UCI, homecoming is based around bringing a community of Anteaters together to celebrate the adventures this campus has provided for each student. Just ask the candidates, each coming from different leadership positions around the campus to celebrate their [...]
Sharing Names, Sharing Confusion
By Jessica Pratt
Staff Writer
When Jessica Pratt is not learning about community ecology and conservation at UCI, she can be found cooking, gardening, hiking or simply listening to The Civil Wars or The Decemberists. She has a passion for nature and works hard to preserve the environment that she loves so much. Her lifelong commitment to [...]
God’s Strawberry Blond Miracle
By Annie Kim
Staff Writer
Mrs. Goodman carried a little blue notebook with a black pen attached to the pages. Within these pages, she’d jot down lists of questions for the doctors. Sometimes, her questions stumped them. Mrs. Goodman was a God-fearing mom, not at all intimidated by the intelligence of a doctor. Her five-year-old daughter’s [...]
