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At the start of each quarter, many students tell themselves, “This will be the quarter where I don’t procrastinate!” Friends, I admire your optimism and tenacity, but I also won’t fault you if you find yourself scrambling yet again.

PROTEST: UCI rabble rouses with an arrest; several students sprayed with pepper spray and rioting.

BIKES: An incident near Mesa Court serves as an example as to why fixed-gear bikes are dangerous.

I can vividly recall the worst day of my life as a working adult. My alarm sounded promptly at 5:00 a.m. The sky was still dark, and I dreaded the day ahead. The reason for this dread is a feeling that any retail employee can understand: I was working on Black Friday.

There is a picture of me in the family photo album dressed as a little lady pilgrim, standing next to a little Indian boy with construction paper feathers in a construction paper headband. It was taken in 1994 when I was a wee kindergartner.

History books are wrong about the Battle of the Bulge. It didn’t happen in Europe during World War II; it’s happening in our homes on the fourth Thursday of every November. As Thanksgiving draws closer this year and threatens waistlines everywhere, it would be wise of us to devise a strategy to deal with this dangerous opponent. This opponent is none other than the duplicious Thanksgiving dinner. The following are the resources and attack strategies of the Thanksgiving dinner:

Protesting students begin to sing “We Will Overcome;” moments later, they were arrested by police.

FLU: In the Pacific Ballroom in the Student Center, H1N1 vaccines are being given Tuesday at 12.

SHOUT: A student organization hosts a sleep-out so UCI students can be homeless for a night.

SHELTERS: While Laguna Beach changes their homeless policy, Irvine’s homeless policy remains mysterious.

MEETING: As the increase in tuition is approved, thousands of UC students angrily protest at UCLA.