Archive for 2007
Dershowitz Visits on Anniv. of Israel
ISRAEL: Renowned Harvard Law professor visits UC Irvine to discuss peace in the Middle East.
Historian Daniel Pipes Returns to UC Irvine
CLUBS: Students from various campus organizations protest Pipes’ views on militant Islam.
UC Expands Ethnic Categories
ADMISSIONS: 2008 UC applications will identify Asians and Pacific Islanders as separate ethnic categories.
Danilenko Recounts Soldiers’ Experiences in Iraq
WAR: CNN video-grapher shares soldiers’ experiences in the war and America’s disconnect from them.
New Source of Stem Cells Found
SCIENCE: A new way to create stem cells yields hope for more federal funding and ethical stem cell research.
News in Brief
World of Warcraft Partially Unites China
According to a 2007 study by UC Irvine anthropologist and informatics professor Bonnie Nardi and graduate student Silvia Lindtner, ‘World of Warcraft’ is working to bring gamers in China closer together.
Previously, critics of WoW have accused Chinese gamers of being devoted to the game solely for financial reasons. In this [...]
Elizabeth Loftus and Memory
PSYCHOLOGY: Studies show that memory is not only malleable, but also influenced by altered photographs.
Revisiting Social Reality
PHILOSOPHY: Famed metaphysical philosopher John Searle gives talk for School of Philosophy.
My Battle with Addiction
Addiction is a complex issue that must be treated like a disease, only without the use of medications. In fact, medications simply give addicts a legal avenue through which to numb themselves, without ever forcing them to combat their internal demons. Recovery is a slow and challenging process; I have been sober for 14 months [...]
Taking a Break from Holiday Shopping at South Coast Plaza
It’s that time of the year again
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