Amanda Robbins

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 —...

Amanda and the Feelings

It’s hard to find the words I need to express how I feel about leaving this newspaper and this school. Here’s a point in...

‘Sherlock’ Is Above Elementary

SLEUTH: The second series of the modern-based adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a sheer delight.

‘Mother Courage’ Honors Brecht

HOMAGE: Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the play, would be quite impressed with this adaptation.

10 Writers and a Photog on Big Sur

We wanted to take a wilderness sabbatical in the footsteps of Kerouac, Emerson and Thoreau. This is what transpired. Gregory Michael, Amanda, Natasha and I hiked...

‘God Set the Valley on Fire’

By Amanda Robbins Staff Writer “You shouldn’t talk about people like that,” a gruff voice said behind us. I turned just in time to see the man...

Five Writers on Being Infinite

So let’s just say we had a Friday night … a Saturday morning … a Friturday? What follows is a disjointed, first-hand account of...

To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not to Yield

By Amanda Robbins Staff Writer Let’s just say I had a fall quarter that required a break. I wasn’t just tired of school or work or...

Some Stars Are ‘Born,’ Some ‘Die’

VAPID: Lana Del Rey's attempt to answer her critics through her latest album stumbles due to its latter two-thirds.

Merchant of Venice

GLOBE: The School of the Arts' performance of the Bard's play presents it just as it was always meant to be.

When I found out I got the Associate Features editor position for this year, I was excited. For my resume. I had friendly, but low, expectations for my fellow editors. I knew they would be nice people, and I would most likely enjoy the company of most of them.

Buzzing About “Spelling Bee”

PLAY: The Claire Trevor Theatre promises a light-hearted and peppy time with ‘Spelling Bee.’

Around the World in 2,070 Days

“I wanted to see the world, not set any records,” Larry Jacobson said. “I didn’t care if I was the fastest or the youngest or the oldest.”

UCI’s Own Trin in Vendor Fair

Few things in life are as dependable as UC Irvine’s Vendor Fair. Every quarter, the scent of kettle corn takes over campus and with it comes the anime booth, the used book sales, the questionable clothes and unnecessary but adorable trinkets for every occasion.