At first, fourth-year Jon Sahagian didn’t even like Pokémon. Everyone was trying to “catch ’em all,” precisely why he didn’t want to get involved in the fad. It was only afterward when he began to watch the TV show and play the games a bit when he had a change of heart. While others halted their quest, Sahagian took Pokémon fandom to a whole new level.
Songfest — an annual festival put on by the UC Irvine Greeks that raises thousands of dollars every year for a charity of their choice, returned to the Bren Events Center on Friday, May 20. This year, that charity was the Orange County Habitat for Humanity. Throughout the year, various members of different fraternities and sororities volunteered their time and helped fundraise for Habitat for Humanity.
The door slammed shut as my fellow traveler got into my car. An ordinary UC Irvine story: a 10-minute drive to Fashion Island was in store and that was going to be the end of that.
That 10-minute drive turned into a two-hour odyssey under circumstances that would only make sense in some buddy comedy.
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