Zachary Risinger

As One Curtain Closes, One Opens

Four years is not a short amount of time. That sounds like an obvious thing to say, but I mean it sincerely in the...

It’s Veganning to Get to Me

In the beginning, there was Jimmy Eat World. It was the first review I had ever written for the New University as a doe-eyed,...

Save Yourself and the Planet

It’s no secret that our planet is hurting. The environment, the animals on it, the human beings that are part of the animal kingdom...

In Their Words: Coyote Theory

Orlando alternative rockers Coyote Theory aren’t brand new to the music scene. In fact, they’ve been around for a couple years now, with their...

Kick, Snare, Kick, Snare: On Choosing a Band Name

It’s been a while, Anteaters. I started writing this column sometime last year and haven’t written for it since the conclusion of last spring...

Bring Me the Horizon: ‘Sempiternal’

“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,” croons Oliver Sykes in “Hospital for Souls.” This, for the most part, embodies...

2013 Disney Movie Previews

With each passing year, the precedents set by the motion picture industry are constantly evolving and being redefined with the times. A new year...

The Dish List: The Wheel of Life

As I sat down in my relatively small but cozy booth at The Wheel of Life, the menus before me were filled with an...

The Plot in You ‘Burns’

Whether it’s calling out frontmen of other bands or lyrics that fantasize about stabbing and killing someone in their sleep, there’s a strong dose...

Issues Aren’t Quite ‘Diamonds’

Issues have issues. Namely, they make their inter-band beef with singer Tyler Carter’s former band, Woe, Is Me, apparent in their lyrics. “King of...

‘Atlas’ Hits Hard and Heavy

For longtime metalcore rockers Parkway Drive, making fantastic music from the drudges of the most skull-crushing combinations of guitars and drums is a feat...

Switching Goals

SOCCER: Women’s soccer player Natalie Ledezma is a key player for UCI after transferring from UCLA.

195 Miles of Memories

Our team names varied often – from Wine-ing through Napa, to Positiving through Napa, to The Grapists – but 195 miles, 30 hours and...

iPhone 5: No, Seriously, It’s Not That Cool

Apple is notorious for designing and selling products that the world never knew it needed. Perhaps the biggest examples of this concept were the...