Archive for February, 2009
UCI Students Protest Reality TV
COMMUNITY: Local organizations and students assemble to demonstrate for show about immigration.
Fire in Mesa Court Burns Room and Sprinklers Flood First Floor
ACCIDENT: Police have ruled out arson in a fire that engulfed a room and set off sprinklers in a Mesa Court dormitory.
UCI War Veterans and Civilians Discuss War-Time Experiences
PANEL: Students share their best and worst experiences while serving and living in war-time environments.
Stimulus Package Ensures Pell Grants
FUNDING: The Senate’s approved version of President Obama’s stimulus package left Pell Grants funded.
Anachronistic Artillery
Students celebrate National Engineers Week at UCI to promote communication and interaction amongst the faculty, students and the general public by holding daily events and competitions.
Awareness of Good Times
PRESENTATION: Fraternity hosts a night of remembrance and warning of the dangers of alcohol poisoning.
News in Brief
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs State Budget; UC Irvine Researchers Investigate Breast Cancer Treatment; Animal Rights Extremists Arrested For Violent Activity
Fighting Entitlement: No A for Effort
This February, UC Irvine lost an esteemed professor. After his passing, Dr. Richard Kroll was lauded by colleagues and students alike for not only his excellence as an educator but also for his dedication to the written word. Professor Kroll’s influential reputation also stems from one of the hallmarks of his teaching: tough-love grading that awarded student work with realistic grades, often to the dismay of surprised students.
Terminator: Budget Reform Edition
It includes a $12.5 billion increase in taxes, a $14.8 billion cut to education, public transportation, health care and the judiciary system and $5.4 billion in new borrowing. It offers less child credit and higher tuition to the tune of 9 percent. The 2009-10 California state budget has something for everyone, though not in a way that most Californians, Republican or Democrat, will like.
Open Primaries: Let Whitman Run
California is in shambles. I am currently looking for paid work in the Sacramento area and wherever I apply, the advice is the same: stay away from the government. The situation is so bad that people are taking unpaid, forced vacations to keep their jobs. With the world economy the way it is, relief is almost entirely out of the question. Still, some people want to come to our aid.
