They proudly display bold fraternity letters emblazoned on sweaters, jackets and shirts. They have family lines and a big/little revealing night. They have talent shows and dance competitions, bonfires and retreats, an assortment of fellowship activities
Angela Amador doesn't want a pity party; she just wants to pay the rent. 'My mom called me during the summer,' the fourth-year English major recalled one evening after a long shift at Starbucks, where she is a barista. 'She was like, 'I'm sorry to tell yo
Advice is a lot like chocolate on holidays: some are sweet, some are bitter, but either way people always insist upon giving some to you.
That's why I don't really like advice much—it's so preachy. But sometimes a golden nugget falls in my lap and prove
Imagine bringing the best parts of a culture together into a single evening. Imagine the food, dancing and cultural trademarks of Africa in a setting that provokes both the modern and ancient forms of African culture. Imagine yourself at African Culture N
Back in high school, being sick would've been my savior from another forgotten statistics quiz, but in reality, waking up with a stuffy nose or a high fever can be worse than solving those dreaded probability questions. If you're one of the many college s
The Santerre family, who 'sin with the gusto of true Catholics,' one critic has said, are the subject of a new novel, 'A Family Daughter.'
On Thursday, April 20, Maile Meloy, alumna of the UC Irvine master's program in fiction, returned to UCI to read e
'The Real World: Business' came to UC Irvine on Tuesday, April 18. The event was not a visit from an MTV reality show, but the Alliance of Business Students' second annual series of roundtable discussions between industry professionals and business-minded
With Apple pumping out a new incarnation of the iPod every six months, many consumers are wishing there was an easier way to trade in and upgrade.
Discontent with the lack of online iPod exchange services, two friends sought to correct that, hoping to ad
Being a vegan, I'm always excited to go to a restaurant where I can order anything from the menu without worrying about whether I'm going to be ingesting any animal byproducts.
Creationism does not exist for Francisco Ayala—he calls it 'anti-evolutionism.' As an evolutionary biologist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the most prestigious science association in the United States, Ayala often functions as the auth
Last fall when Career Center Recruit Coordinator Michelle Foley witnessed a student and potential employee stab a piece of chicken with a fork and proceed to bite a generous portion during a formal luncheon in front of several important employers, she kne
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