February | 2008 | New University

Obama Is Not Yo’ Mama

Barack Obama seems to be offering himself not as a president who will come in mend all your holey socks and lives for you,...

Dos, Two, Duo, Double

'Number Two,' the current exhibition for the second-year MFA students, is peppered with a variety of media and referential vocabulary. Multiple formats of presentation...

Stepping to the Yard Show

The vibrant voices harmonizing with beats made by hands clapping on the body and feet stomping on the pavement, near the flagpoles, was a...

More Awkwardness: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

This past week I flew home after spending a weekend at Duke University. After an excruciating four-and-a-half hour flight, my plane landed at 9...

ARK Fun Day for Foster Children

Imagine a firefighter throwing water from a bucket, a chef cooking an egg or an athlete making a goal. A few of these professions...

UCI Averts Struggles, Sweep UCSB

BASKETBALL: Anteaters rebound from loss to Cal State Northridge by handing a 3-0 sweep to the Gauchos Saturday.

Public NewSense

Thumbs Up: The New York Times' didactic article about Senator John McCain's alleged affair with lobbyist Viki Isen has taped the mouth of the...

Drawn and Quoted

Dial 1-800-Douchebag: On Feb. 19, 'Maryanne' called Bill O'Reilly's nationally syndicated radio show and shared her words of wisdom: 'Michelle Obama is an angry...

Rock On, ‘Rock Star’!

A shaggy-haired brunette in aviator shades is breaking a sweat as she pounds a drum set, a tall blond sporting head-to-toe American apparel has...

Bulk Food Buying: At Width’s End

When it comes to shopping, Americans need no instruction. When it comes to eating, Americans know how to make their belts explode off their...

U.S. Embassy Makes Fulbright Scholar Dance to ‘Secret Agent Man’

Remember those God-awful 'Agent Cody Banks' movies in which totally unsuspecting students are whisked away by black helicopters to execute some badass, secret government...

China Spells ‘Olympic Spirit’ Without ‘Politics’

The American population's knowledge of China is normally limited to food and Jackie Chan movies. Recently, people have been talking about something different: the...

‘La Strada’ Takes the Road Less Traveled

'Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel,'...

Badu Brings Funk In ‘AmErykah’

Erykah Badu, known for her elaborate head-wraps and sultry rasp, has come out of her seven-year hibernation with 'New AmErykah, Pt. 1: 4th World...

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