- November 7UCI Polling Centers Facilitate Youth Voter Participation
- November 5An Exploration of the Policies of Four Candidates on the City of Irvine’s Mayoral Ballot
- November 5How Irvine Chooses its Leaders: A Look into the City’s Election Process
- November 5A Breakdown of Dave Min and Scott Baugh: Two Critical Candidates for California’s 47th District Race
- November 5The Path to Presidency: How the Electoral College Plays a Crucial Role in Elections
![Science rolling chairs negatively affect student learning by creating distractions, according to chemistry student and sophomore Sayed Adil. “Every time I get up and sit down, it moves around,” Adil said. “It's distracting in class whenever we're finished with [a] test. Some people just fidget around with it and make some noises.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-Science-Rolling-Chairs.png)
![Students vote in polling booths found in the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Student Center. “It is very important for young people to be involved and do their civic duty because they are going to be the ones living in the future, [which] depends on the results of the vote,” UCI vote center lead and Orange County Registrar of Voters representative Elena Marukhlenko said. “So it's very important for young people to know what's going on and to find out and just be proactive.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1969edited-1-1200x900.jpg)
![Freshman Nikitha Thota rummages through her pencil case in search of her favorite stationery item. Thota’s initial love for stationery was largely influenced by her older sister’s obsession with stationery, Thota said. “She used to always bring a bunch of pens home, then when I a little kid I would just see all this stuff, and I would think it's really cool. It wasn't me really going out and getting [stationery]. It was really just me taking it from her.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0441-copy.jpg)
![Science rolling chairs negatively affect student learning by creating distractions, according to chemistry student and sophomore Sayed Adil. “Every time I get up and sit down, it moves around,” Adil said. “It's distracting in class whenever we're finished with [a] test. Some people just fidget around with it and make some noises.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-Science-Rolling-Chairs-1200x900.png)
![Quarterback and sophomore Alondra Hernandez passes to running back and sophomore Irene Kim in a game against Garden Grove High. “As the running back, I feel like we're a lot closer to the other receivers,” Kim said. “So if there's a situation where [Hernandez] has to get the ball out at the last minute and no one else is open, I'm always there for her, and that's where I feel like the communication comes into play.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image1-1200x800.jpg)
