Archive for April 30th, 2007
Media Coverage of VT Tragedy Irresponsible
Commentary
Baseball Wins Two of Three from UC Davis
BASEBALL: The UCI baseball team’s record now stands at 31-12-1 overall and 7-5 in the Big West Conference.
Pet Care Fees Are Too High For Some Southern Californians
A middle-aged man carrying a large golden retriever suddenly appears at the base of the concrete steps that lead up to the main entrance of the animal hospital. The man enters through the door and immediately heads to the blue rubber-lined bench in the center of the lobby. The woman, presumably his wife, makes a [...]
UC Irvine’s Counseling and Health Services Are Under-Funded
Three weeks ago, before midnight, a student was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the Social Science Building at UC Irvine. He had committed suicide. Two weeks ago was the Virginia Tech massacre. In the aftermath of recent tragic events, students at UCI wonder how safe our campus is and how [...]
Audrye Sessions Perform at the Moscow
If you’d been at Club Moscow at Boardner’s last Wednesday, you would’ve thought that the band on stage was straight from the glossy pages of your favorite fashion magazine. But Oakland natives Audrye Sessions impressed an arrogant, cross-armed audience with lullaby tunes in support of their upcoming release.
The lounge area was filled with Los Angeles’ [...]
Thefts at the Bookstore Have Doubled Since Fall Quarter
CRIME: The Bookstore has increased its security in order to prevent the increase in the shoplifting.
A.G. Gonzales: Corrupt, Amnesiac or Both?
So what if Attorney General Alberto Gonzales showed himself to be an unremitting liar in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week? At least he isn’t disloyal.
President George W. Bush has created an atmosphere at the White House in which loyalty to his policies is more prized than any system of checks and [...]
Flock’s Bestseller Touches Readers
There come times in each of our lives when we feel that the way we act toward the world conflicts with what is in our hearts or minds. Elizabeth Flock took this idea to heart when she wrote ‘But Inside I’m Screaming.’ She follows a news commentator, Isabel Murphy, as she sits in psychiatric facility [...]
Bush Impeached
When I heard that Vermont passed legislation last week calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush, I was excited, shocked and a little stunned. These reactions were not because of the news of a state taking such a strong stance against the current administration, but because I was reminded that a state like [...]
Mavericks-Warriors Playoff Game
PLAYOFFS: A fan’s perspective on a first- round playoff game between the Mavericks and Warriors.
