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What Grinds My Gears: UCI Trees

By Michelle Bui For the first time in weeks, the storms of El Niño had subsided. Wearing flats instead of boots, I walked...

Partisan Politics Poisons Supreme Court Nominations

By Ashley Duong With the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, tension over filling the now-open spot has reached a pinnacle in...

We Can’t Just Let #freekesha Be Another Trending Topic

Earlier this month, a New York judge denied Kesha of a court injunction that would have allowed her to leave her contract with...

Clinton’s Older Feminism Lacks Appeal to Newest Voters

  Once again, Hillary Clinton’s campaign for presidency has fallen short of its anticipated outcomes. In an effort to garner support for the candidate,...

The Narcissism of “Thanks for the Invite” and the Fear of Missing Out

TFTI: an acronym of the phrase “thanks for the invite,” has taken over the lives of too many of my friends, especially on...

What Grinds My Gears: UC Irvine’s Dining Halls

 If there is one thing that my friends and I agree on, it is the questionable quality of the Mesa Court dining hall...

We Need More Skilled Volunteers, Not More ‘Voluntourists’

By Ashley Duong In 2014, 289,408 college students studied abroad for academic credit. International Study Abroad Program at UCI states on their website that...

Unhealthy Competition Amongst Biological Science Majors Skews Priorities

By Michelle Bui It was late Friday night and students were still trickling through the doors of the lecture hall. Sitting close to the...

The Time is Now: How Millennials Can Create National Conversation

By the time you read this, you’ll have already heard the big news: Beyonce’s latest single is a proud salute with two middle...

What Grinds My Gears: Hotline Bling

  By Ashley Duong From its treasure trove of meme-worthy moments to its infamously awkward dance, Drake’s song “Hotline Bling” has seemed to cause a...

Why Should Online Homework Cost Students?

By Michelle Bui Recently, Pearson Education began selling access codes for Mastering, an online homework forum promising online learning resources and a virtual edition...

Mattel’s Step Towards More Inclusive Toys

By Annie Nguyen On January 28th, Mattel released a new line of Barbies, the “Fashionistas”, which included an additional three versions of body types...

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