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No Elbows on the Dinner Table, Please

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

Podcasting Professor: A Step Ahead of Mac

Walking on UC Irvine's Ring Road on a Monday afternoon, one thing sticks out as a unifying factor among the diverse population of students: Almost everyone trekking to class is listening to an Apple iPod.

A Vegan Bake Sale to Protect Animals

Last week, you may have seen the Animal Rights Club hosting a cruelty-free bake sale on Ring Road. The cookies being sold were shaped like Easter eggs and bunnies decorated in various pastel-colored frosting. 'They're completely vegan,'

It Runs in the Family—Sorority Legacies

MTV has shown multiple seasons portraying it. There was a best-selling book analyzing it. But few people really know much about it. Greek life is possibly one of the most negatively publicized and most misunderstood organizations.

Healthy Eating for College Students

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and staying away from fast food can be quite difficult for most college students.College freshmen are constantly faced with the possibility of gorging themselves on the 'all-you-can-eat' dorm food.

A Story About an Anteater and Momma

Alumna Liz Holzemer never knew that life after UC Irvine would include neurosurgeons and brain tumors.

Heel Press Fosters Creativity While Bringing Recognition

Heel Press, an online writing community, gives college students a forum to creatively express their ideas and gain exposure among their peers.

The First True Pike Challenge

One of the lesser publicized but major aspects that fraternities and sororities offer to their membership is undergraduate leadership development education, which is routinely provided by the diverse national fraternities and sororities.

GSC Bridges the Greek Community

Greek letter organizations and students should be excited for the new club, Greek Community Service, which was recently founded here at UC Irvine.

Senate Declares a Year of Study Abroad

If you were asked to locate Iraq on a world map, could you? According to a National Geographic global literacy survey, about 87 percent of students in the United States between the ages of 18 and 24 cannot. The survey went as far as to reveal that 11 perc

Philanthropy

It's a well-known fact that fraternities and sororities work for their surrounding communities largely through major annual philanthropies. In fact, the Greek community has been criticized for merely exchanging money, donating funds to one organization's

UC Irvine’s Concert Choir Speaks the Universal Language in Englan

St. Paul's Cathedral has stood in what once was Londinium, what today is London and it will probably still be standing 111 meters tall in whatever city eventually replaces London. In the cathedral's more than 1,400 years of offering service to God, countl

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