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It was 3 a.m. and she was still in the lab. The test tubes clicked dissonantly as they passed through her gloved fingers. The repetitive, ceaseless ticking of the clock mimicked her robotic handwork.

On a college campus, the term 'Greek' can mean several things. Students at UC Irvine may associate the word with the pretty people with huge wooden letters and matching sweatshirts who seem to like camping and barbequing on Ring Road.

Tired of the daily grind of studying and sitting in class and wanting to get away, but don't want to spend gas money? Here are four day trips in the area that won't gouge your wallet.

Mark Twain once wrote, 'Modesty died when clothes were born.' It's too bad he was wrong. Perhaps it was Twain who began the false belief, still prevalent today, that a person cannot be truly modest in spite of their clothing. Now I'm left here cleaning

'I gained weight because I've stopped using crack'' or 'I didn't use to wear skirts because I used to have bruises on my knees because my boyfriend was a jerk.' When you help them shop, you hear their stories.

If you're like me, although you love your boba and your coffee, a change from the usual Cha for Tea, Tapioca Express, Starbucks or Diedrich would be greatly appreciated. Well, now you can break out of the mold and expand your beverage options with a drink

Something struck me when I researched the Peace Corps and Teach for America for this story. It's easy to be jaded all the time, to always have your cynical comment loaded.

Everyone knows that recruitment happens once a year. It's a take-it-or-leave-it offer, and if you don't join the Greek system in the fall, you'll be looking at another year before the opportunity again arises. It's also a well-known fact that the best sor

No one knows what really happened to me on Friday, March 11, 2005. I remember nothing of the incident, and no one happened to be looking my way when it happened. One minute, I was calmly checking to see if my new Abetta saddle fit my mustang, Cobey.

Common media perceptions of Orange County evoke images of sandy beaches, beautiful blue oceans, multimillion-dollar estates and Botox beauties cruising around in the latest luxury SUV.

It's time for me to complain about something again. Don't get me wrong. Nagging isn't something I enjoy. But UC Irvine, you make it too easy. With the administration's grand efforts to create a grand Student Center for our future Anteaters, they have bee

Some students want to go abroad, but have no idea how to get started. Julia Mao, a second-year economics major, has figured it out. Mao has already traveled to China and is going to Japan next quarter.