Archive for 2006
Ngugi wa Thiong’o's ‘Wizard of the Crow’
On Thursday, Oct. 27, the UC Irvine Bookstore celebrated the English translation of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s 768-page novel ‘Wizard of the Crow,’ a political satire originally written in Gikuyu, Thiong’o’s native language.
Ngugi, head of the International Center for Writing and Translation, a professor of English and comparative literature at UCI and an honorable member of [...]
‘Treehouse’ Oozes Sap, Laughs
Autumn is upon us. The trees have turned color, the days are shorter and the temperature has plummeted into the high 60s. Only one thing would make the season complete: Kang and Kodos.
Yes, it’s time once again for Halloween, Simpsons-style Sunday Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. on FOX. This 17th edition of the annual ‘Simpsons’ [...]
Student Transportation Gets Slow Makeover
ASUCI: Students have hoped for more immediate results from last school year’s Measure S.
Men’s Water Polo Sunk by Trojans
Water Polo: The men’s water polo team put up a tough fight before falling to the top-ranked team in the country.
Tan Nguyen Letter Reveals Moral Bankruptcy
Commentary
Spoken Word: Rabbits at Vista del Campo
Mic check, one two, one two. Is this thing on? Sometimes being on a college campus like UC Irvine can have a very diminishing effect on one’s ego. With hundreds of students filling each lecture hall, it’s pretty much impossible not to feel like a number. Try raising your hand while sitting in the back [...]
OK Go Brings ‘Party to the People’
So you’ve witnessed OK Go’s funky dance skills on stage, heard their songs ooze through JC Penney’s commercials and TiVo-ed their last-minute performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Although OK Go won’t be slowing down anytime in the near future, frontman Damian Kulash took a breather and joined the New University for [...]
