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Every once in awhile, I develop a craving for steak and beer that can only be satisfied by a trip to the butcher and the liquor store. Being the considerate roommate that I am, my steak days tend to become steak days for the rest of my housemates. Normally, my bouts of carnivory are well met and the night is spent searing, eating and being lethargic in happiness.

We waved goodbye from the other side of the security checkpoint, looking at two faces framed in the doorway, at once so familiar and so strange. The grandmother stood across the long room with her son. The bright colors of her head wrap shone under the eerie flickering of the fluorescent lights at Minsk National Airport.

It’s hard to explain what I find so incredible about Irvine. I knew that Irvine was the school for me the second I...

One aspect that adds to the inevitable nervousness an incoming freshman, new student or a shy person experiences is the fear of meeting and approaching new people.

There once was a baby Anteater named Petey.

As the leaves on the trees begin to turn into the earthy-toned hues of red, brown and mustard yellow, the changing tide of weather and the sometimes brisk autumn winds are indicative of only one thing: the end of summer, and the beginning of a new season.

This admission that I am about to make may come across as completely nerdy.

A lot of things can get forgotten in the hustle and bustle of moving in, one of which is shopping for groceries.

I hate this time of the year. The time where I have to pack up my life, store it into as few boxes as I possibly can, shove and move everything back to Irvine.

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Here’s my MUST TO-DO LIST before school starts, and before research papers and daily assignments once again become the norm.

Taking ideas from the pastel walls, wooden accents and fun customer service of Sushilicious and the size and speed of Kula, Gatten Sushi walks the middle ground, hoping to provide an alternative to both.