Most students leave campus after spring quarter ends, giving UCI a noticeably quieter atmosphere during the summer. For those who remain, sudden inactivity is immediately apparent.  During the academic year, the bridge connecting University Town Center (UTC) to campus is often crowded with scooter riders,...

Hosted by Executive Director of Enrollment Management Tony Hwang, the UCI DREAM Center hosted a virtual reality (VR) simulation pilot test alongside an overview of the DREAM Project Fellowship on Aug. 6 from 11-12 p.m. UCI students and staff met in the Ring Room at the UCI Cross Cultural Center. Three tables had two VR sets while one table had two computers for participants with motion sickness.  The VR simulation is a virtual space for students to explore the center anonymously without the risk of showing up, but is not yet complete. The simulation allows students who may be scared to visit the center to connect with the center’s resources that...

“Vote Blue no Matter Who” has become one of the Democratic Party’s defining slogans, but recent primary elections suggest that Democratic voters want more than just candidates to support: they want changes in the...

Coast redwoods, also known as Earth’s tallest tree, need to be planted in Aldrich Park. Yes, I am talking about the trees that can grow up to 350 feet tall.  These giants would be an...

When every hour of the day is forced to have a defined value, it can be a waste long before it ends. Martin Heidegger’s account of temporality says that people let an imagined future...

The Notes app has become a private room for feelings people may never say aloud. Apple even builds privacy into the app through features for locked notes, which makes the app feel like a...

College has become a four-year exercise in saying later. Later, after graduation. Later, after the internship. Later, after the first stable job, the better house, the clearer plan, the version of yourself who finally...

During the week of July 13, each defendant agency that terminated over a thousand research grants at the University of California (UC) submitted stipulations in a federal court filing admitting to using search terms,...