Archive for April 23rd, 2007
Letters to the Editor
New U Irresponsible for Publishing Anti-Islam Piece
John Speraw: A Man on a Mission
VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine men’s volleyball coach John Speraw has the Anteaters two wins away from another Final Four.
Would You Like to Sleep With the Fish?
With its scuba class, UC Irvine’s Anteater Recreation Center staff has given a new meaning to ‘sleeping with the fish.’ Scuba diving allows someone to swim underwater with compressed air in order to reach greater depths and really see the marine life.
‘It’s very relaxing [since] it’s just you and the ocean,’ said David Leong, a [...]
Split in Iraqi Gov. Troubling
Expect the unexpected. How many times have we been told that? A few thousand times maybe? And yet no matter how many times we are told that life is full of surprises, something happens everyday that catches us completely off guard.
On Monday, April 16, a major split in the Iraqi government occurred when Moktada al-Sadr, [...]
Everyone Hail the Sultans of Satire
How can you make conflicts in the Middle East funny?
These days, with the world running amok and the media bombarding us with chilling images of death and destruction, a good laugh can be a rare liberation from our grief.
Jean Houston, the author of a series of self-help books, described it best when she said, ‘At [...]
Strength of Queer Identity Through Art
To start off the first-annual Queer Culture Festival, Irvine Queers prepared for a night of hip art, spoken word, and live music. This event was a first for Irvine Queers, who pulled it off with grace and apparent expertise. Students and other LGBT clubs from other universities showed support to the more artistic and cultural [...]
Chinese-American Life Behind ‘Red Doors’
‘Red Doors’ open to reveal Chinese-American life in suburban America. By Jonathan Radocay ‘Red Doors,’ produced and directed by Georgia Lee, is set in a New York suburb, where two bright red doors are the entrance to a pretty house with a white panel facade. The grass is neatly trimmed, the bushes well-pruned and the [...]
Wayzgoose! Celebrate UCI!
Self Against City, Rooney, Crown City Rockers and other bands found themselves rocking out with the students of UC Irvine at this year’s annual Wayzgoose.
The boys of Rooney were back and this time they called out their critics with some new songs from their long-awaited sophomore album, ‘Calling the World.’ The lawn was completely covered [...]
The Dramatic ‘Motion’ of Ying Ning
Desperate to find the woman sleeping with her husband, the main character of Ying Ning’s ‘Wu Giong Dong’ (‘Perpetual Motion’) hosts an innocent get-together with her closest friends with the hope that a day of exotic cuisine, cocktails and colored cigarettes will elicit the uncomfortable truth.
Ying’s very comic yet tragic work was the fourth film [...]
