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Pre-Nostalgia counseling

College students are frequently encouraged to live in the moment, yet an increasing number fear the present will become the past. At UCI, students...

Irvine needs more anteaters

UCI has an ant problem, and I have the solution.  As I write this piece at the Student Center Starbucks, I’ve had several ants crawl...

Up your kill count: Military esports and ethics

As drone strikes devastate countries across the world, military branches continue to market their esports teams. Yet, within the esports community, there is little...

Sartre and the myth of the right major

In his 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism,” Jean-Paul Sartre put forth a claim about identity: existence precedes essence. Human beings, he argues, are...

Punctuation, the newest Gen Z art form

For many people, punctuation was just another part of grammar drilled into them through years of worksheets and reading books. Students were taught to...

Data centers are taking and consuming 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken hold of the United States, and its growth is not stopping. According to Stanford University’s Human Centered Artificial Intelligence,...

Positive media needs a comeback

The film adaptation of “Project Hail Mary,” the story of a relationship between a delightful alien, Rocky (James Ortiz), and the bemused science teacher...

In 24 hours, Basic Needs Center’s budget will be gutted

The voting percentage in the ASUCI election, which includes a referendum for Basic Needs funding, remains around 10% — far below the 20% required...

Separation of powers: The barrier between democracy and dictatorship

After calling the Supreme Court of the United States “fools” and “lapdogs,” Donald Trump has promised to subvert America’s top legal experts and impose...

Slow your roll(out): AI in higher education

The Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI) sent Anteaters a survey asking what role, if any, they want Artificial Intelligence (AI) to play in their...

Gendered marketing is harmful 

When one peruses the personal hygiene aisle in search of deodorant — do they genuinely stop to consider how manly Maverick Musk sounds in...

Friend is foe: AI’s unregulated interactions with children

Editor’s Note: This article contains topics concerning rape, suicide, sexual content and sexual harrassment towards minors. If an adult sends rape threats to a child,...

Let’s complicate the Second Amendment

Protestor Alex Pretti was killed by masked federal agents while recording the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Jan. 24. Although ICE...

Petition pushing on campus will cause poor political habits

“Are you a registered voter in California?” Ring Road has been filled with this shouted question for weeks on end, as students are repeatedly asked...

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