Archive for 2007
Book Signing in L.A.
Skylight Books in Los Angeles became home to the cultured and aging scruff of Los Angeles on Nov. 13. Aging hipsters with tatted chests and heavily sunbathed arms filed in and maintained the status quo between the hoardes of bookshelves in a tiny space. People from all walks of life quietly scampered in. There [...]
Anteaters Annihilate Utah State
basketball: Anteaters off to hot start as they take down Utah State 70-51, improving their record to 3-1.
Head Coach Douglass Gets Personal
BASKETBALL: UCI’s Head Coach is just eight wins shy from becoming the program’s all-time leader.
Men’s Soccer Team Falls into the Abyss After Starting Season 5-0
Now I know my place as an associate sports editor for the New University is to cater to our sports successes, but the recent deep slump of the men’s soccer team has me all riled up.
Going into the season, the Anteaters were expected to at least challenge for the Big West title, despite losing some [...]
Anteaters Finish Third Place in Big West
VOLLEYBALL: Anteaters cap off Big West competition with an 11-5 record, good for third place in the Conference.
Senior Spotlight: Water Polo Star Tim Hutten
WATER POLO: UCI’s leading goal scorer has earned his myriad achievements through sheer determination.
Youth Without Youth
With nearly 10 years between his most recent release, ‘Youth Without Youth’ and his last film, an adaptation of John Grisham’s best-selling novel ‘The Rainmaker,’ Francis Ford Coppola finds himself within a parallel existence between reality and the film’s protagonist.
‘Youth Without Youth’ features an elderly man reaching the end of his life. He is frustrated [...]
Wristcutters: A True Love Story
Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ took home a well-deserved Oscar for best screenplay in 2001. Besides being a gem of a story, the film also had a gem of an actor, Patrick Fugit a new face in Hollywood. Since then, Fugit has starred in offbeat films like ‘White Oleander’ (2002), ‘Spun’ (2002) and ‘Saved!’ (2004). None [...]
Finding the ‘Funny Ha Ha’ in Awkwardness
‘Funny Ha Ha’ is just the title for this film. In the opening scene, Marni, the drunken main character, tries to choose a tattoo, while the sober tattoo artist tries to change her mind. This scene sets the comic precedent for the rest of the movie and serves as foreshadowing for her future [...]
Kimmel Finds Killer Comedy
There was none of the traditional booing and hissing at Thursday night’s comedy show. The audience, composed of about 150 students, was considerably forgiving and merciful. The comedians were only students themselves, no older than the audience. This isn’t to say, though, that there weren’t any comedians worthy of your attention.
Since Oct. 10, the ‘Jimmy [...]