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Compiled by Suzanne Casazza, Gregory Yee and Jessica Pratt, staff writers.

At first, fourth-year Jon Sahagian didn’t even like Pokémon. Everyone was trying to “catch ’em all,” precisely why he didn’t want to get involved in the fad. It was only afterward when he began to watch the TV show and play the games a bit when he had a change of heart. While others halted their quest, Sahagian took Pokémon fandom to a whole new level.

TERRARIUM: An art auction at UCI raises awareness on the devastating topic of human trafficking.

On any given Thursday night this quarter, if you turned on your television and flipped to MTV, you would have seen an Anteater on the screen.

READ: Once more, the Author’s Series brings forth sage writers James Brown and Victoria Patterson.

PHOTOS: The last edition of ZotShots for the year.

SYMPOSIUM: UC Irvine’s world class Critical Theory Emphasis hosts its annual conference.

REGGAE: Photo coverage of Reggaefest 2011.

TREES: A look back at the advancements students made in the environment this past school year.

When I found out I got the Associate Features editor position for this year, I was excited. For my resume. I had friendly, but low, expectations for my fellow editors. I knew they would be nice people, and I would most likely enjoy the company of most of them.

Compiled by Gregory Yee, Maxine Wally and Dat-Vinh Nguyen, staff writers.

The door slammed shut as my fellow traveler got into my car. An ordinary UC Irvine story: a 10-minute drive to Fashion Island was in store and that was going to be the end of that. That 10-minute drive turned into a two-hour odyssey under circumstances that would only make sense in some buddy comedy.