Monthly Archives: February, 2010

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Are You Afraid of the Dark? We Still Are (Among Other Pretty Scary Stuff)

Traci: I’ve always been easily frightened. All you have to do is mention the possibility of a zombie uprising and it’s enough to send...

Off-Limit Lovers

Dear Sandy, My friend broke up with her (very longtime) boyfriend about two months ago – let’s call him Jake. Over the four years while...

Haiti’s Effect in the OC

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...

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...

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...

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...

UCI Center’s Autism Research

The hardest hurdle to clear when growing up with a sibling diagnosed with autism, according to Arika Abdalian, is communication. Her younger brother, Eric,...

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...

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

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...

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....

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...

Lean Into this ‘Teen Dream’

Acne combined with braces. “Sixteen Candles” with a hint of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Awkward prom photos followed by the first slow dance. Boy...

Keep Politics Off the Gridiron

The term “Super Bowl commercial” evokes images of gut-busting or witty commercials from companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Doritos and other stereotypically all-American brands....

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