Relationships...

First year, just about everyone who is good-looking is taken. Seeing as how this is a HUGE COMMUTER school, most people have boyfriends or girlfriends waiting for them back home. That changes by the end of first year for the most part, at which point it's hard to get to know people any way other than through classes. And the school is visually like 80% Asian.

Where Are All the Creative People...?

UC Irvine is known for its Pre-Med program, as about 50% of incoming freshmen are declared as Biology majors. I find, as an English major, that there are very few creative minds around campus. The best you can hope for in terms of writing is the "New University" newspaper, which avoids controversial issues at best. There is a Literary Mag that is published quarterly, but no creative writing club or outlet for aspiring writers (who aren't journalists).