SOCCER: Men’s soccer takes down Cal Poly and then UCSB to bring home a second straight Big West Championship.

BASKETBALL: UCI easily destroys Division III La Verne, then gets destroyed by No. 3 Texas on the road.

WOMEN’S BBALL: Lady Anteaters perform admirably against quality power conference opponents.

VOLLEYBALL: A group of UCI fans travel to Fullerton to help the Lady Anteaters sweep the Titans.

This Week: Pro UCI Football. Stay Tuned for the Con Viewpoint Next Week

Vinyl records have long been considered a dinosaur in the modern music world, an ancient relic of our parents and grandparents’ memories. In this day and age where even CDs are slowly being phased out and forgotten, it would seem there would be little hope for vinyl in a culture that values portability and ease when it comes to technology.

THREEPENNY: The UCI drama department tackles Brecht’s difficult musical. Cast and crew manage to pin it down.

TOP TRACKS: The Entertainment editors count down their favorite songs of the moment.

BUZZ: The indie drama “Precious” has become the talk of the town and proves that it is worthy of the attention.

MELODIES: UCI groups Circle of Fifths, Claire de Lune, and Vermillion Vocalists show off their talents.

This week, ASUCI will hold elections for Legislative Council positions. The New University newspaper extended an invitation to all candidates running for positions on the Council to come in for an interview. The endorsements that follow are based upon interviews conducted with those who responded and participated in the interviews.

The American effort to achieve anything in Afghanistan has reached a point of darkly humorous failure. The country is called “the Graveyard of Empires,” and for a good reason. In the face of this reality, American goals in the country have shifted again and again from “ensuring stable, democratic government” to “simply defeating Al-Qaeda and leaving nation-building to the Afghanis” in a farcical attempt to justify our presence there.

This Wednesday and Thursday at UCLA, a historic moment in the state of California will happen. And we, as UC students, will have an opportunity to make that moment ours.