Archive for October 23rd, 2006
Know Your Propositions
Proposition 1A: Transportation Funding Protection
‘Should the California Constitution be amended to further protect the state sales tax revenues for transportation purposes from general-purpose use and require any funds borrowed to be repaid to the transportation fund?’
Proposition 1A will dedicate gasoline taxes which are already paid at the pump to transportation improvements. Opponents believe that these [...]
The Homeless of Irvine
There are no 99-cent stores in Irvine. There are no pigeons, but that’s probably because there are no overhead telephone cables for pigeons to perch on. There are no homeless shelters.
Jonathan Robinson, third-year philosophy and political science major, was curious about what Irvine’s reaction would be if he pretended to be homeless, so he decided [...]
Candidates for 68th, 69th and 70th Districts Visit University Club
Politics: Candidates for State Assembly debated county politics in a forum moderated by Rick Reiff.
Upper Classmen Say ‘Adios’ to Vista del Campo
Housing: Student Housing announced that VDC will give priority to first-and second-year students.
Sports in Brief
Volleyball Defeats Riverside for first Conference Win
Riverside, Calif. – Oct. 20 – After a 0-4 start in Big West play this season, the UC Irvine women’s volleyball team was able to defeat the Highlanders of UC Riverside, 28-30, 30-20, 30-21, 30-25, for their first conference win of the season Friday night.
Kristin Kelley recorded a [...]
Bush Fooling Evangelicals
Evangelicals were not only instrumental in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, but have become one of the strongest pillars of the Republican Party. Apparently, they have been duped by their own party.
That is the message from evangelical David Kuo, who was the deputy director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives during President [...]
The New University Takes a Stand on California Propositions
Prop 83: Yes
Proposition 83 deals with punishment, monitoring and residence restrictions for sex offenders and sexually violent predators. This proposition will prevent registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of any school or park.
Felony registered sex offenders will also be monitored by a Global Positioning System for their entire life. The definition of a [...]
Electronic Waste Sent to Asia
The Coalition for Responsibility Regarding Electronic Waste held a lecture in Social Science Lecture Hall emphasizing the importance of properly recycling electronic waste on Oct. 16.
The lecture was held by Candice Carr Kelman, a Ph.D. student in planning, policy and design interests. She explained that UC Irvine students have to take a more proactive stance [...]
Women’s Basketball Season Preview
Starting last season with a record of 1-10, to say that the women’s basketball team struggled in the beginning of the season is an understatement.
The team looked lost under first-year head coach Molly Tuter and seemed destined to end their season with another disappointing finish in the Big West Conference.
Suddenly, something clicked.
Whether it was the [...]
