Jared Aaron Alokozai

Don’t Overthink It: Learning to Laugh at the Coup de Comedy

Improv Revolution’s (iRev) Coup de Comedy Festival, their annual four-day fête for all things funny and improvised, delivered the usual itinerary of not-so off...

“The Man Who Killed the Cure” To Save the Sickness Industry

Last Saturday at the Robert Cohen Theatre, award-winning playwright Luke Yankee’s “The Man Who Killed the Cure” enjoyed its grand premier to the boom...

“Coriolanus” Traces the Drama of Democracy in the Wake of War

Vengeance. Politics. War. Love. These elements have fascinated storytellers since the dawn of history. And arguably none other than the Bard himself, William Shakespeare,...

ConTROLLING The Narrative

Recently, the buzzword problem of ‘fake news’ and President Donald Trump’s attacks on the fourth estate have called into confusion the role of journalism...

Buyer Beware: The Not-So-Smart Internet of Things

If there were ever a buzzword to capture the zeitgeist of the early teens of the 21st century, it would be the ubiquitous, now-hokey...

A Little Chat with Mr. Little Jeans

When performing synth-propelled brooding electro-pop on stage, singer/songwriter Monica Birkenese goes by Mr. Little Jeans. But, in the morning after a show, in a...

A Eulogy to Our Six Seconds of Fame

Here lies our beloved and precious Vine, social media platform for all things remixed, relatable and real. The app was pronounced dead on Oct....

Shocktoberfest: ASUCI’s Static, Stilted Standby

By Jared Alokozai Last Friday night, over 5,000 people crammed into the Bren Events Center to revel in ASUCI’s biggest fall quarter production, Shocktoberfest. Thanks...

Galleries Unite Tech, Feminism and Politics

By Jared Alokozai Last Saturday, Claire Trevor featured an array of gallery openings diverse enough to sate art-lovers’ appetites until Winter quarter. Two of these...

The All UCI 7 Dance Battle: All Dance, No Battle

The Student Center hummed with hip-hop and hyped chatter as more than 1,000 ‘Eaters filled the Pacific Ballroom last Wednesday to enjoy the annual...

Millennials and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election

The year 2016 will sear itself into our collective memory as the longest-burning dumpster-fire ever witnessed. In its noxious wake I'm left with political...

ESPN Takes on the Drone Major Leagues

In the past two years, drones have experienced a tipping point, emerging from their place as a hobbyist niche to mainstream recreation, ripe with...

Holographic Pop Stars

Picture this, if you will. You’re sitting in the front row of a packed auditorium abuzz in the dark. Cued by the stage lights,...

Mind/Body Blown

In honor of a relationship fifty years strong, the School of Humanities and Claire Trevor School of the Arts hosted the Creativity, Cognition, Critique...