Archive for 2006
DAC Drops Dead for Darfur
During a Darfur Action Committee rally last Monday at UC Irvine, the beat of drums coincided with the cheers of members who proudly displayed posters calling to ‘Save Darfur.’ Darfur is a region in Sudan in which an estimated 400,000 people have been killed in what the U.S. government and others have called ‘genocide.’
DAC members [...]
Iraq Needs to Move Forward
Mixed emotions have swept the globe since Saddam Hussein was found guilty and sentenced to death last Sunday, Nov. 5, by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal. Many of Iraq’s Shiites and Kurds took to the streets in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad to celebrate the sentence of their longtime oppressor. Meanwhile, several [...]
White House Keeping Tabs on Daniel Ortega
Commentary
Men’s Soccer Honored in Big West
SOCCER: The men’s soccer team recieved four First Team All-Big West Conference selections.
Men’s Rugby Tackles Competition
RUGBY: UCI men’s rugby is undefeated heading into their marquee match-up against UCLA.
Media Critic Speaks at UCI
MEDIA: Journalist, filmmaker and former television producer Danny Schechter speaks UC Irvine
East Village Opera Company Rocks the Barclay
Rock opera: an oxymoronic genre of music? Arranger and multi-instrumentalist Peter Keisewalter doesn’t agree: ‘Rock and opera aren’t so different; both are big, unsubtle, massive and pompous.’
The Barclay Theatre audience listened to this fusion of modern and old-world pomposity on Sunday, Nov. 5. The East Village Opera Company re-imagines classical arias with the help of [...]
An ‘Early Morning’ From Berlin
‘Come Early Morning’ was the first film of this year’s ‘Sneak Previews With Michael Berlin,’ an annual film series sponsored by UC Irvine Extension, in which six films that have yet to be released into theaters are previewed at Edwards University Center. Following the screenings are question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers and film industry professionals, hosted [...]
Men’s Soccer Snubbed by NCAA Committee
SOCCER: Men’s soccer is left out of the NCAA tournament, stirring controversy from many players and officials.
ASUCI Holds Fall Elections
ASUCI: Several academic representatives and at-large are up for election this week.
