Cleo Tobbi

The Dish List: La Sirena Grill

The words “healthy” and “Mexican food” are seldom seen next to each other, but at La Sirena Grill, it is common vernacular. Mexican food...

The Column of Babel: Franz from Venezuela

Many students come to UC Irvine because their parents like that it is one of the safest universities in the country. Being from Caracas,...

Bursting The Irvine Bubble: China’s Water Problem

China has a plumbing problem. Actually, it has a pollution problem mixed with a daunting water crisis. The country that is currently second in...

The Column of Babel: Alireza from Iran

Unlike many of the other international students on campus, Alireza Farahmand immigrated to the US from Iran with his family before beginning his studies...

Bursting the Irvine Bubble: Sixteen and Voting?

Legislation passed in Argentina earlier this week that dropped the required voting age from 18 to 16. As a first-time voter in this year’s...

Column of Babel: Nua From Barcelona

UC Irvine offers international students the opportunity to try courses in a field they normally wouldn’t have experienced in their home country. Nua Watford...

Bursting the Irvine Bubble: Why The World Loves Barack

You’re probably sick of hearing about the election. In all honesty, I’ve reblogged enough memes of Romney being rich and Obama having swag for...

Column of Babel: Marco From Italy

When studying abroad, students often experience homesickness, but for Marco Maggia, Irvine has become more of his home than Padova, Italy. Maggia has been working...

A Magical Evening at Segerstrom

"An Evening With David Byrne and St. Vincent" is truly a dream.

Bursting the Irvine Bubble: Pashtun Poets in Afghanistan

I have recently gotten back into writing poetry and it is exhilarating, but I never conceived the idea that something as simple as scribbling...

The Column of Babel: Lisa from Sweden

Californians may take the abundant sunshine for granted, but Lisa Damberg, an international student working on her master’s in civil engineering, will miss the...

Bursting The Irvine Bubble: The Middle East Riots

If people rioted every time there was an idiotic, disrespectful and shameful video posted onto YouTube, we would just have rounded off the eighth...

Putting News First in the ‘Room’

Aaron Sorkin spellbinds with 'The Newsroom.'

Tuition Waits On Voters

BUDGET: Yudof asks Regents to freeze tuition for next year, budget measures on the ballot.