Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (EIC)
Ben Ritter | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 3
First of all, let me say that Dining Services should switch to cage-free eggs for a number of ethical and environmental reasons.
So now then
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Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (Head Copy)
Mike Olson | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 0
I’m terrible at goodbyes. I linger in doorways at parties, have hour-long parking-lot conversations with friends and can’t seem to get off the phone with a simple ‘Talk to you later
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Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (News)
Julian Camillieri | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 0
Well, UC Irvine, it’s been fun. But now, in words inspired by Biff from ‘Back to the Future,’ I have to make like a banana and get the hell out of here.
This is not a goodbye column, This is now transformed into a thank you column.
First I have to thank some New University-related people. Thank you to Tracy Ung for getting me into this mess, which has consumed my Sundays for the last two years. I also have to thank Allan Taing, who first decided to hire me and has continued to be a valuable source of advice. Finally, thank you to Ben and Maya, who have really helped me through the most challenging year yet. You guys took a risk on me and I hope that I didn’t let you down.
Thank you to outspoken Jews and Muslims on campus. So some people think activism that doesn’t pull its punches translates to a dangerous or intolerant situation and we all have to hold hands in the park to convince people otherwise. But you know what? Conflict makes life interesting. Why do you think Berkeley Boomers can’t stop talking about when some police officer cracked their heads during a protest in 1968? Yeah, it hurt, but it made them feel alive. Now, Berkeley is nothing but a bunch of pot-smoking bio-majors who could care less where the Free Speech Caf
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Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (Photo)
Rikin Patel | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 1
Let me start off by saying that the Anaheim Ducks are leading the series against the Ottawa Senators 2-1. There, it’s out of way and I can get on with my final rambling here at the New University.
I can honestly say that since I arrived at UC Irvine the only thing I’ve wanted to do is leave. Everyone I said this to told me to stop thinking like that and to enjoy what should be the best time of my life. I never understood what is meant by that, ‘the best time of my life.’ I couldn’t understand how sitting in a lecture hall day after day listening to professors read off PowerPoint slides to rooms full of half-asleep students was ‘the best time of my life.’ I couldn’t understand why standing on Ring Mall watching different religious groups yell at each other about the same thing week after week was ‘the best time of my life.’ And I couldn’t understand why listening to people go on and on relentlessly about the UCI Bike Policy was supposed to be the ‘best time of my life.’
But looking back I guess I finally do understand. In spite of all of the pointless arguments and never-ending lectures that I have endured here, the good outweighs the bad and I don’t have any big regrets. After all, everything I’ve experienced has pushed me to become who I am today (whether or not that is a good thing is a matter of opinion).
So instead of rambling on once again about the Ducks I thought I would share with you five of the many good experiences I’ve had here at UCI.
5. Going to Ohio State for the Men’s Volleyball Final Four. Leaving Orange County for a destination that was more than an hour and a half away was incredibly refreshing. I loved Ohio State. I loved how there was so much school spirit and so much energy from the students. It was a good trip with a great ending: the UCI men’s volleyball team won the NCAA championship (yes, we’re still milking that).
4. Being Thanked. I’ve worked on and off as an emergency medical technician for a little over a year now. My partner and I were stationed at some special event during one shift. A woman approached us and told us she wasn’t feeling well. After assessing her we decided it would be best to have her taken to a hospital (we were assigned to that event, which meant another unit had to come in and take her). After we loaded her into the ambulance that arrived, she looked at my partner and me and simply said ‘thank you so much.’
3. Soccer Fridays. Almost every Friday for the last four years a group of us have gotten together on whatever field we could to play soccer. Sometimes our games were as short as a half-hour; sometimes they were longer than three hours. Regardless of how busy we were, we still tried to get out there every Friday. Even those of us who have graduated still return for the occasional game. Don’t get me wrong, we’re nowhere near the best out there, but our games are more about laughing at each other fall down after missing the ball than they are about trying to prove we can play well.
2. The Dorms. Simply saying that the dorms were one of my good times is an understatement. I still miss the dorms. I was a resident of Calmindon in the 2003-2004 school year. When we left, we were told that our year was the last year that Calmindon would be home to a freshman class, at least for a while. It was kind of cool to think that we would be the last freshmen to live in that hall. From what I’ve been told, dorm life with a group of freshmen is much more intense than a dorm full of transfer students.
Sorry, I don’t have enough space for number one.
Good luck to you all.
Rikin Patel is a fourth-year criminology, law and society major. He can be reached at rikinp@uci.edu.
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Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (Sports)
Bhavik Patel | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 0
Instead of being sentimental and boring in my last article, I will give you some tips that can help make some changes in the university and even help the students uncover some interesting investigative information about the campus.
If you ever want to find out how much money a professor or any administrator makes, simply go to the Langston Library and ask the reference desk if you could check out the public records detailing the income of professors at the university. Just bring your ID card and you can check it out for up to two hours.
Also, because of the Public Records Act, you can get information sent to your computer by e-mailing pra@uci.edu and asking for the records in which you are interested.
Another tip I have for students is for you all to get off your asses and start to do something about the rising cost of a college education.
Despite what politicians and even UCI administrators say, they will continue to do almost nothing to stop the expanding price of college tuition. Do you really think that Chancellor Michael Drake, who gets over $350,000 a year and lives in a free mansion provided by the university, can relate to the same concerns as students who are working multiple jobs and having to blow entire paychecks on books and registration costs?
If organizations like the Muslim Student Union and Anteaters for Israel can hold massive rallies on campus every quarter, why can’t 20,000 students get together and hold a protest against the university and UC Regents’ constant increases in student fees?
Surely this issue affects every single one of us, and yet the university is more concerned about banning bikes on Ring Mall and making sure that our university is not intolerant by suggesting we all hold hands around Aldrich Park on a sunny afternoon and sing Kumbaya.
The main goal of the university is to make money, and with the brand new Student Center as well as many other buildings on campus set to open, it is ironic that the university and UC Regents can pay for these buildings, but have no choice but to raise our fees every year.
There are many other problems with the administration, including the UCI Medical Center liver scandal and anti-Semitic investigations by United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. (Read my column in the sports section for athletic department problems.)
But besides the negatives the university is going through, I wanted to ensure my good-bye column would have some sentiment.
For some, figuring out your best college experience would be that one-night stand you finally got to experience with that one drunk chick you met at a party. For others it would be finally being able to break free from the chains your parents clamped on your hands during high school.
For me, I would have to say it has been working for the New University.
As corny as that statement might sound, I assure you it is genuine.
During the past two years, I have had the honor of working at the official UC Irvine campus paper (sorry, Irvine Progressive and Irvine Review, but you will never take over as the voice of our campus) as a writer and the sports editor.
Every Sunday, our staff of 17 editors gets together and works anywhere between 8 to 12 hours to put the paper together. The pay isn’t great (roughly three to four dollars an hour before taxes) but all of the editors will tell you that when they walk on campus and see a student reading their article, it makes it worth it in the end.
As sports editor, Sundays were especially brutal considering I missed every football game during the NFL season.
But as I said earlier, this past year was the best I have had at UCI because of the New University. It has been a pleasure working with all of the editors at the paper, and I could not thank each of you enough for the experiences and memories throughout the past year.
Bhavik Patel is a third-year political science major. He can be reached at bpatel@uci.edu.
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Outgoing Editors Say Goodbye to UCI and the New U. (Managing)
Maya Debbaneh | Jun 04, 2007 | Comments 0
Like a long-term romantic relationship, I felt that at times, my daily interactions at the New University had become based on familiarity and dependence rather than true attraction and love.
My initial attraction to the New U. started as a writer for the Features and Entertainment sections of the paper. I was actually paid to see a show for free and then complain about it to anyone willing to read my article. My casual role as a writer for the paper, however, eventually developed into a passionate and volatile relationship.
As a fifth-year at UC Irvine, I have been involved with the New U. my entire college career. I worked my way up from my first two years as a staff writer to two years as opinion editor and finally this last year as managing editor.
As an editor, every Sunday during the school year was spent in the office and the less-than-minimum-wage pay was certainly not reason enough for anyone to give up such a large chunk of his or her weekends. But, I willingly kept going because I genuinely thought I could contribute something worthwhile to the paper, hopefully making it better.
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