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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.

UCI's Band frequents sports games that take place at the Bren Event's Center.

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)

I am sure you always wondered what you like most about Halloween, and of course you wished that someone would make a list of just that. After using a series of scientific voodoo rituals, I have forged a list of the 10 best rewards All Hallow's Eve has to offer.

For one week in fall, the Smashbox studios in Culver City are abuzz with the latest fashions. Last week was no exception as over 20 of Los Angeles' best designers displayed their Spring 2009 collections at the Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week.

It is in the heated weeks before the presidential election that the neatly manicured streets of Irvine receive an extra splash of color. If you have driven around at all, you will note that the cause is hardly the changing leaves of autumn. Instead it is the abundance of political yard signs. Although the signs predominantly feature varying shades of red and blue, it is Orange County's reputation as a more-or-less socially conservative area that makes it no surprise to see a smattering of canary-yellow "Yes on 8" signs.