Archive for February 6th, 2006
Vote ‘Yes’ For The CARE Referendum
The Campus Activities to Revitalize Education Referendum concerns itself with student initiated programming that encourages, among many things: leadership and retention of students through outreach and student initiated programming.
Insults Toward American Idol Contestants Go Too Far
With its high ratings and countless parodies, it’s unlikely that the words ‘American Idol’ do not ring familiar bells. The show, now in its fifth season, has ingrained itself into our everyday pop culture discourse and, as a result, we’ve learned new insu
Religious Cartoons Support Prejudice
When Europe was departing from the Dark Ages and coming into the ‘Enlightenment Period,’ the first societal act was the expulsion of Christianity as a social and civil dogma and was replaced with human rationale as a source of legislation and scientific i
The Accused Now Become the Accusers
In the wake of recent criticism of President George W. Bush for crossing constitutional boundaries by allowing programs like the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping without warrants, the case of brothers Yasser and Hany Ibrahim, two of six d
The Games of the 20th Winter Olympiad
The United States had unprecedented success in the Salt Lake City Games four years ago, winning a record 34 total medals. With the opening ceremonies kicking off the 16-day Olympic Games in Torino, Italy on Friday, the New University has compiled a sport-
Forget Professional Sports, I’ll Be in Italy For The Olympics …
As usual, a lot of athletes are ready to compete for some serious bling. Those competing in Torino during the next several weeks have probably spent many nights talking to themselves in their sleep saying
Gorgen Impresses In Debut, Beats Cal
Saturday night, in front of more than 1,100 people, the UC Irvine Baseball team defeated the No. 25 California Golden Bears by a score of 10-4.
UCI Volleyball Squashes Banana Slugs
Having recovered from a loss to Hawaii with a 3-1 home win against Princeton on Tuesday night, the UC Irvine Men’s Volleyball team was looking to string together some wins as they took on the visiting UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs at Crawford Court Thursday
