“Visitor Night at the UCI Observatory” is coming up this Saturday, November 5. The telescopes at the UCI Observatory will be available for general public use to explore crates on the Moon and see Jupiter, the globular cluster M15 and other star clusters.
Take a look at the flyer below for more information:

This event is great for all ages, and best of all, it is free with a voluntary donation of $5 suggested per family.
For more information, visit www.physics.uci.edu/~observat/#visnite.
If you cannot make it to this upcoming Visitor Night but would like …

Geocachers, this geocache is not one of the more creative geocaches I have found. In fact, it is very ordinary, being a small magnetic Altoids Strips container.
So why is this geocache called “Cars?” As the name hints, this cache has something to do with cars. If you guessed correctly, this cache is found in a parking structure, the one near the ball field and art buildings at UCI to be more precise.
What makes this geocache special is that it is one of the few UCI caches, and according to the …

For those on the quarter system, week three is rolling away, and for some students, that means the start of midterms.
Whether you live on-campus or are a commuter, we all have our different study spots because of our study habits. For those with a laptop who want to get work done away from their room at a place where there is free wi-fi and access to food, a Starbucks or cafe sounds like the place to be at.
UCI students, Starbucks is not your only option—you can go study at the …

Can you really travel the world in Irvine? Come to the Global Village Festival on Saturday, October 1 from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. at Bill Barber Park, adjacent to the Irvine Civic Center, and see for yourself!
Now in its 10th anniversary, the Global Village Festival is Irvine’s largest and most popular event drawing over 16,000 people. Enjoy international food from over 40 local restaurants, live entertainment, exhibits, and so much more, and for the younger kids, there is a Kid’s Village with activities such as face painting, yoga, and henna.
Parking is …

Where can you find an African Safari? Well, there is one conveniently located at the University Town Center (UTC) in Irvine. And no, I am not talking about a real animal safari, but rather, it is another creative geocache and probably the cutest one I have come across so far.
This geocache is another one of those simple park-and-grab lampskirt hides, but the creativity lies in the time and effort put into this cache. Skirts are not meant to be lifted, except lampskirts if you are a geocacher. But anyways, lift …

Geocaching containers can be simple, such as Altoid tins or peanut jar, and there are plenty of ways to hide those caches. However, one of the more creative cache type I have seen are fake rocks. From my geocaching experience, I have come across two fake rocks, one of which was a cement rock and the other a plastic rock. Though these caches are exposed to the open, they are nearly impossible for most muggles, non-geocachers, to discover because of their location within a lot of other rocks. However, to …

Tonight, May 20th, 2009 from 6pm – 10pm, UCI Zeta Phi Rho hosts it’s 4th Annual Big Show, benefitting the American Red Cross!  Cost is $5 at the door and the show will be held at the Crystal Cove Auditorium on the UC Irvine campus!  $5 is really a steal for all of the awesome talent you’ll get to see!  Performers include:
David Choi
Joseph Vincent
Scott Yoshimoto
Casey Nishizu
Jenny Robles
The Pacific Island Dancers
The Sexpanthers
and more….
Here’s a little audio/visual preview of the talent for the show:
David Choi: saw him perform last week at UCR …

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and in celebration, the University of California, Irvine Observatory is holding three consecutive visitor’s nights open to the public. On April 3-5, from 7-9 PM, the UCI Observatory is free to explore.
You can look through their 24″ telescope to view the beautiful celestial bodies of the night sky, by that I mean look at some of the planets, constellations, and star clusters. In addition to looking through telescopes, there will also be a different lecture about astronomy every night:
Friday, April 3: “Planets: Near …