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Irvine Planeteers: As midterms arrive, it's always a good idea to take a break from studying and go for a relaxing walk outdoors. However, when you're in the middle of studying, it can be hard to go somewhere that you have to drive to get to. So here are a few options within walking or biking distance for your enjoyment.

Representatives of Komen-on-the-Go spread breast cancer awareness as the last days of October come to an end. Here, a student spins a wheel, and if she answers a question about breast cancer correctly, she will receive a prize.

As its first album suggests, Thrice appears to have an "identity crisis," bringing out the baboon and gorilla masks for its Halloween performance supporting Rise Against, the first of three nights at the Hollywood Palladium.

Senior Laura Olvera leads the pack in Big West Conference Championships at UC Riverside on Saturday. Olvera finished second, only 3 seconds behind the leader. Her finish lead the team to a second place finish.

Stanley R. Bailey, associate professor of sociology, lectures to students about the dilemmas of affirmative action in Brazil.

SWORD club holds a tournament in Aldrich Park for All Hallows' Eve complete with costumed fighters.

Anteaters abroad: South Africa (Part 4)

The Middle East is as complex and nuanced a world as any country, and UC Irvine professor Mark Levine would like to tell you why by looking at music in his new book "Heavy Metal Islam," which is currently available at the UCI bookstore.

The new track at Anteater Stadium gives the place a more aesthetically pleasing look. More importantly, it will provide the UCI Track and Field team with better facilities to compete on.

The Hossein Omoumi Ensemble brings a Middle Eastern musical flair on stage as it performs classical Persian pieces at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

Vacant eyes. Eerie moans. Rotting flesh. Freshly reanimated corpses, even those of friends and loved ones, that adamantly refuse to die again. All this, plus an insatiable appetite … for us. These are some of the dreadful characteristics of the walking dead, more commonly referred to as zombies. However, in this turbulent and progressive world, where these so-called supernatural phenomena are all too often cast away, knowledge of the undead may be limited to what is seen in Hollywood horror flicks. Therefore, it is crucial that the general public has at least a rudimentary understanding of the truth behind zombies. Perhaps analyzing their origins, attributes and other features will teach individuals, proper preparation and survival techniques, giving them a fighting chance in a future outbreak. The next undead epidemic may arrive sooner than you anticipate!

Anteaters abroad: Iran (Part 3)