Tag: HOT

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.

As a generally mindless, unsophisticated, and typically one-dimensional male, I will admit that ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPN News and ESPN 8 “The Ocho” are the first several channels that I flip to upon turning on my TV.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Lady Anteaters suffer two tough overtime losses after being ahead in both games.

MEN’S SOCCER: UCI ends non-conference schedule well, but falls 1-0 to No. 7 UCSB on the road.

FILM: Soderbergh combines corporate corruption, FBI espionage, and corn in this unique biopic.

When I first told people that I planned on going to a Star Trek convention, I was met with a few different responses — most of which included me being called a nerd. But I’ll proudly agree. I admit that I am definitely what you would call a nerd.

There are a few topics of discussion that are bound to come up time and time again during your stay at UCI, including Mesa Court versus Middle Earth, how Irvine is so ridiculously safe, how Irvine has two cops within eyesight at every intersection and, most of all, how we have a science library instead of a football team.

SOCCER: Nationally ranked and motivated from last year’s Tournament run, UCI starts off well.

WOMEN’S VBALL: Pestolesi, Piggott, and Robertson lead the charge as UCi is ranked nationally early on.

SOCCER: Young team doing better than last season, getting solid contributions from freshmen.

POLO: Men’s water polo easily dispatches weaker opponents, but conference teams ahead will pose a challenge.

Fitness gurus frequently praise the physical and mental benefits of doing yoga and Pilates. But nothing compares to actually doing these alternative workouts yourself. The sweat, the heat and the intensity are more than with any typical workout I’ve ever tried.

An increasingly common situation has been hitting our country, which has caused confusion and controversy. This occurrence, known as abbreviations or “abbreves,” has taken a firm hold on our captive, young pop culture generation. I bore witness to this strange, new phenomenon while watching a commercial for a show on MTV in which a young and possibly inebriated man attempted to explain a vernacular based on abbreviated words. He slurred through his elucidation of the meaning of “dece” and “obvi” as merely shortened expressions of “decent” and “obvious.”

Hola y bienvenido! My name is Connie Ho and I will be one of the two travel columnists for the New U this quarter. I am currently a fourth-year English major studying abroad in Madrid, Spain for the year. I hope to depict my travels, adventures and new experiences in Spain and to inspire other anteaters to study abroad or visit new regions in the world.