Think back to 9/11. Fears were heightened, cultures were generalized, stereotypes were formed. A false perception was generated that the Middle East was a place inhabited entirely by “terrorists,” and gradually evolved into a taboo subject in America.
The moment I stepped in, I was smitten; the walls were lined with vintage books on clean wooden shelves. A typewriter sat in the corner with a vase of white lilies. The California sun cascaded through the large glass panels, giving the place a crisp, yet welcoming ambiance. Jazz music played overhead, drawing me further inside.
A first-year computer science major who loves helping others, Nithin Jilla is also the president of UC Irvine’s Kenya Dream chapter. He’s on a mission to help the students of Kenya succeed in school.
An integral part of the college experience is living on your own. Moving out after nearly a decade under your parents’ convenient roof is a change that takes at least a little adjusting to, even with the many distractions.
For the regular Irvine kid, you wake up one morning and just know. As you open the window, a breeze of warm air wafts gently into your room and it suddenly clicks – it’s springtime!
UC Irvine’s history department hosted “Religion and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Asia,” a dialogue between Professor Vinayak Chaturvedi and St. Joseph University’s James Carter.
Cooking your own food is something every adult should be able to do. Unluckily, we’re not going to be college students forever, and there are no commons in an office building. So, unless you’re looking forward to eating Del Taco forever, you should start learning how to cook now.
One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer during their life time. The 2011 Relay for Life at UC Irvine is here to do something about it. With 1,283 participants and 99 teams, the event has raised more than $21,570 this year alone. Each team chooses a cancer to adopt, creates pamphlets and spreads the word.
Phone interviews are awkward. I’m not even going to try to start this column with an interesting lede because it’s just a fact: I dislike phone interviews.
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