Archive for January 31st, 2010
Haiti’s Effect in the OC
Alex Yee | Photography Intern Senior Ali Reza Tehranian claims one of the championship titles at “Flex Your Muscles for Haiti.”
UC Irvine was alive with activism in the weeks that followed the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12. The disaster galvanized UCI students and faculty into support.
The CIA World Factbook notes Haiti as [...]
New Legislation Passes, Big Business’ Role in Politics Grows
In an unprecedented and truly momentous move, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, Jan. 21, that corporations and unions are now permitted to contribute as much money as they see fit to candidates they support.
The case, Citizens United v. FEC, overturns a 63-year-old law that was initially put in place to curb the amount of [...]
UCI Medical Center Forced to Rectify Problems Found by Medicaid
In a report released Thursday, Jan. 21, federal investigators found UC Irvine Medical Center to be operating out of compliance with health policies necessary to receive Medicare funding. In a surprise inspection in fall 2009, investigators found numerous lapses in policy and procedures in nursing and pharmaceutical services. The 85-page report details how nurses, [...]
Obama’s State of the University
President Obama’s plan to cap student loans could substantially lower payments for thousands of UC Irvine graduates and provide a powerful incentive to students considering a job in public service.
If Congress responds to Obama’s push in last night’s State of the Union address, the new rules could dramatically reduce monthly loan payments as early as [...]
UCI Center’s Autism Research
jessica amog | Photography InternThe Phi Psi 500 took place last Saturday, Jan. 30. The event accumulated over 500 hours of community service program in total for the fraternity and Physicians for Human Rights helping children.
The hardest hurdle to clear when growing up with a sibling diagnosed with autism, according to Arika Abdalian, is communication. [...]
News In Brief
Dance Visions 2010 To Be Held at Claire Trevor
UC Irvine’s Department of Dance will be hosting Dance Visions 2010 at the Claire Trevor Theater.
The event will feature works by professional choreographers from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ dance faculty. Performing in the show will be a myriad of UCI’s talented dancers. Musical accompaniment [...]
The Pee-Wee Herman Show
For five seasons, Pee-wee made the Playhouse the place to be. Pee-wee got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, made another film (which showed an effort to mature the Pee-wee character), and won Daytime Emmys left and right. Everything was right in Puppetland.
‘Rhinoceros’ Stampedes the Stage
NIKKI JEE | Staff PhotographerTaylor Jackson Ross and Will Cranmer are just two of a mötley crüe of actors who slowly turned into rhinoceroses this past weekend.
If one thing can be said about “Rhinoceros,” it’s that the show is not what you’d expect. Written by Eugene Ionesco and performed in UC Irvine’s secluded Grotowski Barn, [...]
Cautious ‘IRL’ Vs. Caustic Internet
The Internet is a beautiful place. Games, movies and music, all with easy accessibility that people wouldn’t dream of if it didn’t already exist. The fact that the Internet is so revolutionary has eased my expectations away from the movies about “the future” that made false promises of things like jetpacks. Who needs a jetpack? [...]
Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro is a ukulele virtuoso, known for his rapid strumming techniques and infusing bluegrass, jazz, rock and flamenco into his music, giving the ukulele a new sound. When he gave a concert at Citrus College in Glendora, California, playing songs from his LIVE album and his Beatles cover album “Across the Universe,” I was [...]
