Archive for 2007
News in Brief
UCI Hydrology Center Given UN Nations Water Prize
This year, the UC Irvine Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) was a joint winner of the 2007 Great Man-Made River International Water Prize, awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The center, recognized for enhancement of monitoring water resources and arid and semi-arid [...]
Flexcar Means Discounts to College Kids Without Rides
TRANSPORTATION: The new program offers easy travel plus no gas, insurance, parking or mileage worries.
MSTB Experiencing Major Sewage Leaks
SEWAGE: Leaks from neighboring communities have forced more campus construction.
ROTC
Three girls, two Korean and one Chinese, have something in common: all of them were the shy, quiet girls who sat in the back of the classroom and typically didn’t say much. All three attended Walnut High School and are fourth-year criminology, law and society majors at UC Irvine. More notably, all three enlisted in [...]
Discover Authentic Chinese Takeout from Sam Woo BBQ Express
After eating my way to the bottom of one of those stereotypical Chinese takeout containers, I found that there remained exactly what I expected: bits of minced garlic and sliced green onions floating in an oily puddle
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Kappa Sigma: Greek Community Damaged
Mike Nemzek had one hell of a Friday morning. At 11 a.m., the fourth-year president of Kappa Sigma was just waking up and relishing the prospects of a lazy day off from midterms. Still pajama-clad, Nemzek was in the throes of deliberation between eating a leisurely breakfast or lunch when his brief holiday was suddenly [...]
On Campus Legal Clinic
If you need legal advice but can’t afford it, then you might just be in luck. UC Irvine’s very own legal clinic opened for business Oct. 31.
‘It pretty much is free legal advice,’ said the clinic’s Director Yasamin Yousefi, a fourth-year criminology, law and society major.
Adam Kent, who was the clinic’s director last year, created [...]
Observatory Visitor Night
Over 100 people gathered around the UC Irvine Observatory behind University Hills on Friday, Nov. 2. A solid layer of gray clouds blocked any attempt at seeing the stars, but the clouds and the chill didn’t keep some observatory enthusiasts from taking the shuttle from the Engineering Parking Structure. After a short hike on a [...]
Part IV: Spring Break Outside of Durban
Since it’s now spring semester in South Africa, we get spring break for a week starting Oct. 22. Most international students including myself charged past South Africa’s northern border, into Tofu, Mozambique.
Getting there was more challenging than we anticipated. We were told by virtually everyone, including the bus companies, not to worry about getting a [...]
Anteater TV Student Media
UC Irvine’s on-campus student media has evolved tremendously over the past few years, and perhaps no other group has grown more consistently than Anteater TV. Since opening shop in 2003, Anteater TV has evolved from a small group of aspiring filmmakers with virtually no budget to a fully functioning and increasingly popular Web site.
The Web [...]
