Archive for March 12th, 2007
RIAA Extorting Students With Lawsuits
Editorial
David Belton Goes ‘Beyond the Gates’
April, 1994. As U.N. forces pull out of a school in Rwanda, a distraught man pleads with the soldiers to turn their guns on the children. He knows bullets will be kinder than machetes.
Though not the first Rwandan genocide film, ‘Beyond the Gates’ succeeds in setting itself apart. From the start, the filmmakers are determined [...]
A Memoir of Magic and Mysticism
We all strive for a place to belong. Whether that means a familiar hometown or simply a space to call your own, for the multiple array of character’s in Alex Espinoza’s debut novel ‘Still Water Saints,’ this sense of belonging is found in a mystical botanica that enchants its customers with as much promise for [...]
Anteaters Ruin Bruins in Shutout
VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team has won seven straight games with a win over UCLA.
News in Brief
Famed Authors to Visit Orange County for Literary Orange
The Orange County Public Library in partnership with the UC I Libraries have organized the first annual Literary Orange, featuring keynotes speeches from best selling authors Carolyn and Lisa See, Aimee Liu and Thomas Perry.
Literary Orange is a day-long celebration of authors, readers and libraries, which will [...]
Letters to the Editor
Lambda Fraternity Shamelessly Continues
I wept for Kenny Luong when I learned of his death in the fall of 2005. I felt sickened to the core for the rest of that year knowing that, in spite of the tragedy, Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity continued to recruit and initiate new classes. And I wept once again when [...]