Archive for October 8th, 2007
How to find Osama: Send the Alumni Assoc.
It has been roughly six years since the beginning of the war on terror, and still no Osama bin Laden. Let’s face it, either the guy is like the Road Runner (despite having kidney failure) or he really knows how to hide with a dialysis machine. It’s not that President George W. Bush doesn’t care [...]
UCI Opens Center for Medical Treatment of Stuttering
MEDICINE: New center is the first to use mainly pharmacological and biological remedies to treat stuttering.
Forget Greek Row at UCI, Newport Beach will Suffice
Nearly every weekend, I kick myself for not living in Newport Beach. Don’t get me wrong, my sorority house in Arroyo Vista is lovely. Last summer, a team of us girls sanded, refurbished and repainted our entire stock of furniture to make it lovely, damn it. Nevertheless, as I freely roam the Newport coastline
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Anteaters Making it in the Pro’s
PRO’S: Update on former baseball, soccer and basketball Anteaters as they pursue professional careers.
MTV’s Reality Show ‘The Hills’ is Not Alive With the Sound of Music
There is a major chance my column this week will come off to some people as the most uninteresting read ever. I would be lying if I said that I did not understand where you were coming from. In fact, the said reader is probably much more mature and has more of a life than [...]
Anteaters Pick up Two Big Wins
VOLLEYBALL: Lauren Kellerman’s season-high 21 kills buries UC Davis. UC Irvine tacks on two victories.
The Tastes of Durban Part I: An Introduction
‘You’re way too byoootiful girl, that’s why it’ll never work. You’ll have me suicidal! Suicidal!’
Sean Kingston’s electrified voice cheerfully sings these lines in his upbeat dance number. It may be the most popular song in Durban, South Africa. It is about 7:30 a.m. at Pius Langa Residence Hall, and the song is reverberating off the [...]
Blackwater: A Less-Than-Necessary Evil
On Tuesday, Oct. 2, Erik Prince was called to Capitol Hill where he attempted to defend his Private Security Company, Blackwater USA. According to the Congressional report, Blackwater has been involved in 195 shootings in Iraq since 2005, ‘in the majority of cases firing their weapons from moving vehicles without stopping to count the dead [...]
Randy B. Lewis All-University Conference
From Superman to your average student body president, leadership comes in all different shapes and sizes.
What are the qualities that make good leaders? How do you determine whose advice is best to follow? Last weekend, UC Irvine’s Dean of Students hosted its 23rd annual Randy B. Lewis All-University Student Conference at the Doral Desert Spring [...]
