Mark Twain once wrote, 'Modesty died when clothes were born.'
It's too bad he was wrong. Perhaps it was Twain who began the false belief, still prevalent today, that a person cannot be truly modest in spite of their clothing. Now I'm left here cleaning
College students don't just attend class with a notebook and pen anymore. Some college students walk around campus with hundreds of dollars worth of technology in the form of laptops, iPods, digital cameras and cell phones
'I gained weight because I've stopped using crack'' or 'I didn't use to wear skirts because I used to have bruises on my knees because my boyfriend was a jerk.' When you help them shop, you hear their stories.
Would you live your life any differently if you knew you had only three months to live? A low-budget film shown to a group of students turned out to be an opportunity to reflect on materialism, existentialism and self-gratification that we find present in
If you're like me, although you love your boba and your coffee, a change from the usual Cha for Tea, Tapioca Express, Starbucks or Diedrich would be greatly appreciated. Well, now you can break out of the mold and expand your beverage options with a drink
Something struck me when I researched the Peace Corps and Teach for America for this story. It's easy to be jaded all the time, to always have your cynical comment loaded.
Everyone knows that recruitment happens once a year. It's a take-it-or-leave-it offer, and if you don't join the Greek system in the fall, you'll be looking at another year before the opportunity again arises. It's also a well-known fact that the best sor
Early in her freshman year at college in 1990, Katie Koestner was raped by Peter, a friend she had known for a few days and gone on a date with. Koestner spoke on the taboo subject of date rape, sharing her experience and advice to help stop rape, in fron
It's time for me to complain about something again. Don't get me wrong. Nagging isn't something I enjoy. But UC Irvine, you make it too easy.
With the administration's grand efforts to create a grand Student Center for our future Anteaters, they have bee
Aimed at easing the transition from high school to college for freshmen living in residence halls, UC Irvine will pilot the Writing and Library Research Peer Tutoring Program.
Some students want to go abroad, but have no idea how to get started. Julia Mao, a second-year economics major, has figured it out. Mao has already traveled to China and is going to Japan next quarter.
As a symbol of exoticism, it has been used to sell cigarettes, tennis shoes and pornographic picture postcards. As a symbol of oppressive patriarchy, it has been used to justify decades of U.S. military interventions in the Middle East.
