Kelly Kimball

Take Back the Night: Above all, a Space for Healing

Last week, the nation was witness to Kobe Bryant’s final game of his career and Orange County at-large was alive with celebration and wide-eyed...

UC-Mexico Directors Seek Grants to Sustain Binational Project as Funding is Cut

In efforts to facilitate greater cultural, political and academic understanding between California and Mexico, the UC system in 2014 launched a vast binational collaborative...

#RefugeesWelcome – Monica Brasov-Curca is rewriting the way Refugees Resettle into Orange County

The tape recorder blinked on Monica Brasov-Curca’s lap as Hiba Sawwan showed her shrapnel scars ribboned up and down her left arm, hand, and...

The Changing Tides of Surf City

By Kelly Kimball They call themselves the Orange County Naturists, or NitOC for short. They’re an off-the-beaten-path nudist group in Huntington Beach, and they are...

What Kills: Mental Health and the Stigmas Within It

When it comes to mental health, ignorance toward the thing dangerously enables the thing itself. A couple weeks ago, I posted on social media...

The Time is Now: How Millennials Can Create National Conversation

By the time you read this, you’ll have already heard the big news: Beyonce’s latest single is a proud salute with two middle fingers....

Shooting the OC Breeze: 300-Word Snapshots From Around Town, “Atomic Ballroom”

The heels of Chris Do’s jeans are tattered and white. He propels them forward and back, jiving to an optimistic ragtime tune, and with...

Let Her Speak: How Subtle Sexism Prevents Women From Speaking Their Minds

It happened again. I was sitting in a small upper-division Humanities class occupied mostly by women. The teacher had just asked an abstract question...

Thomas Kinkade, the M&M House, and E-40: Halloween with Kelly

Between the hours of 6 and 11 p.m. on every Halloween, the streets that knit themselves around the community of Sugar Maple feel hauntingly...

National Public Health Week

For the entirety of Week 2, the Public Health Association at UC Irvine hosted a National Public Health Week. Located on Ring Road near...

Cool Cats and Cliches – A Night at the Beatnik

“Welcome to the scene, baby,” cooed Adam England, director of operations, to a sea of guests entering the stately Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton,...

Paint It Red: How Sexual Assault Awareness Is Taking On New Shades

In light of April being Sexual Assault Awareness month, countless students at UC Irvine are choosing to take part in a powerful international campaign...

Embarrassed to Ask, Dying to Know: Leadership Redefined

In my two years here at UCI so far, I’ve made it a priority to get involved on campus, and it has taught me...

Embarrassed to Ask, Dying to Know: Conflicts in Syria

The violent conflicts in Syria, resulting from a dramatic civil war beginning in 2011, have generated nine million refugees — and that number is...