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Bean sprouts, carrots, tomatoes and squash. who would’ve thought these plants would have made a difference? The Real Food Challenge chapter (RFC) at the University of California, Irvine thinks so. Whether or not the food we eat is real — meaning that it was actually grown in soil and not chemically enhanced — affects society.

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Steve Jobs, the former co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, is considered one of the most successful individuals of his lifetime. Born from an unwed graduate student, put up for adoption and a dropout of Reed College after just one semester, Jobs at 21 — the age he had co-founded Apple — had no idea that he would someday lead one of the most flourishing companies in the world.

By Taylor Weik When I was young, I never thought I’d see the day when I would finally pack up my things, hug my...

By Samantha Lam Whether it was at the Involvement Fair or other Welcome Week events, almost every UC Irvine student has felt a part...

By Colleen Humfreville As you keep glancing up at the clock, you see that it has finally struck 11:50 a.m., your lunch time. Your...

By Zachary Risinger It was last year, at the beginning of the fall quarter that I decided I wanted to get another tattoo. I...

UC Irvine is a well-known Asian-dominated community, the ethnicity making up 50 percent of the school’s overall undergraduate student population. While there are numerous other cultures and ethnic groups on campus, many are not represented as fully as that of the Asian community. Other races and ethnicities individually make up less than 22 percent of UCI’s undergraduate population.

I’ve always known that kids are smarter than they seem. From my experience with kids — whether it was taking care of my family members’ babies, watching friends’ siblings grow up, or tutoring children at my job — it was always easy to see that they had some hidden knowledge about the world.

by Annie Kim Coffee plays such a huge role in our daily lives, especially as overworked college students. The warm cup of caffeine starts...

By Kristine Hoang We’ve seen the Anteater plush toys and Anteater logo tees at the UC Irvine bookstore.  We know that “zot zot” is...

By Chris Koo It’s a well-known opinion held by many that live in “Little Asia,” also known as UC Irvine, that there exists a...