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Sleep longer or go to class; chocolate or vanilla; Coke or Sprite; iced or hot; soy or nonfat; burger or burrito; chicken or beef: everyday, we are bombarded with a plethora of options.

College professors from the University of Central Florida argue that their students are increasingly illiterate in the field of physics. They believe movies like "Speed" and "Spider-Man" only perpetuate ignorance about science. Statistical evidence supports these trends, despite the fact that common sense would affirm that events in movies are created by stuntmen and special effects.

A UCI student performs research as part of a Field Freshwater Ecology class at the San Joaquin Marsh in May 2008.

Molly Jacobs, a student in the UCI Drama Department, applies aging makeup to her face while preparing for her role as Madame Flora...

Tony Rasmussen plays guitar as part of the UCI Music Showcase put on by the UCI Music Department. Undergraduate and graduate music students...

One of several UCI participants rolls down California Avenue last Saturday in this year's Dragon Skate Race hosted by Beta Theta Pi Fraternity....

President of Associated Students of UC Irvine Megan Braun discusses several proposals with variouscabinet members last week in order to improve the campus....

Daniel Kim, CEO of Red Mango, speaks at an event hosted by Entrepreneur Society at the UC Irvine Student Center. Kim shared some...

A spring athletic event featured various sports games at the Anteater Recreational Center last week.

Adriana Costa stands in a girl's bathroom in the Arroyo Vista Housing complex. She slowly empties the trashcan filled with paper scraps, cotton balls, dental floss, Q-tips and used tissues.

Dishing It Out: If you've never gone to a wine-and-cheese tasting before, you should definitely add it to your "to-do" list.

The Way I See It: I'm going to veer a bit off course from my previous columns because I need to get something off my chest. It's been going on for a while, this whole sleeping together with no strings attached thing.