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College campuses are filled with hungry students craving delicious, affordable food. Luckily, UCI Hospitality and Dining Services are more than ready to meet that need. While most students were away during the summer, several important dining changes took place on campus. The most obvious is the addition of Panda Express, Jamba Juice and Wahoo’s Fish Taco in the Student Center. Wahoo’s is still under construction with a grand opening on Oct. 12.

Once upon a time, a lonely blue shopping cart was left abandoned hundreds of feet away from its home and it was my job to retrieve it. This is the tale of my short-lived career as an Albertson’s courtesy clerk where I learned how to become an expert at dodging fast cars in a poorly designed parking lot.

In the heart of Anaheim, next door to Disney’s California Adventure and Disneyland, the inaugural D23 Expo opened its doors to adoring Disney fans. Early this month, this four-day spectacular featured exclusive presentations from Disney visionaries, sneak peeks at unreleased movies and ABC television shows, first glimpses of changes coming to Disney parks around the world, and so much more.

What I ate: Yakishabu ($2.95) and Filet Mignon ($4.95) Where I ate: Gyu-Kaku, Huntington Beach California What It Set Me Back: $8.90+ tax Happy Hour Times: Daily 5:00pm-6:30pm & 9:00pm-closing.

When I found out about a Persian film festival in Toronto dedicated to young filmmakers exclusively from Iran, I immediately packed my bags and bought tickets with money from my savings. My aspirations for making films in Iran after college drew me to this festival, especially given that the judges were some prominent filmmakers flying in from Tehran. However, hours before my flight was set to depart, I was informed by Shahrokh Bahrololumi, the organizer of the festival, that the festival was postponed.

PROTEST: UC-wide walkout draws in over 500 students, faculty, service workers and groundskeepers at UCI.

OUTREACH: Grant shortfall leaves popular outreach with less money and doubts for next year’s program.

INVESTIGATION: UCI Medical Center works to rectify problems caused by problems with PCA drug pumps.

Now Anteaters in a hurry can ride to class using the new bike sharing system set-up in Aldrich Park. Students can purchase a bike card and return bikes in another bike station around campus after use.

Graduate student protests the UC budget cuts and student fee raises during the UC-wide walkouts on the first day of class last Thursday.

Students gather in Aldrich Park on Wednesday night, September 23, to watch ASUCI-organized concert featuring several band performances including The Jakes, Rootbeer and Shiny Toy Guns.