Archive for July, 2010
E3 Lives Up to the Childhood Hype
This year, I finally got to realize a childhood dream. I didn’t become a firefighter, pilot or Batman. I also didn’t go to the moon. I did, however, go to the end-all-be-all of video game events — the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or “E3.”
How could going to a tradeshow be a childhood dream, you might ask? [...]
Dragon Race: Skating for a Cause
The radio chatter is mixed in with static and long beeps of low battery warnings. The hay bales at the bottom of California Avenue are all stacked up and ready.
“These radios fucking suck,” grumbles Daniel Navarro, one of the many Beta Theta Pi fraternity members setting things up. A call comes over the radio, broken [...]
A Plastic Cure
ANTIBODIES: Scientific breakthrough shows potential to remove toxins — cure diseases.
Usain Who? Jock on the Rise
SCOTT ROEDER | Staff Photographer; Charles Jock has been busy this summer, breaking his personal record for the fifth time this season.
The hottest attraction this summer will not be found on the big screen. Instead, look no further than the track. That is where Charles Jock has been doing work. The UC Irvine sophomore earned [...]
The Santa Ana Art Walk
Stroking his coral phoenix pendant and silver hair, painter and musician Memphis Bobby pauses his discussion on epistemological thinking and communism in order to catch the attention of Jimmy Freeman, a man he regards as “the best R&B artist [he] has ever heard.” Freeman smiles approvingly at his friend’s introduction and proceeds to explain his [...]
Drawn and Quoted
Whirled Cup – Regardless of what you may be reading in our Sports section from time to time, there is not a single honest person in the United States of America that cares about soccer. There just isn’t. Anyone that claims they do care was either born somewhere else, is desperately trying to look like [...]
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
The administration’s one-year suspension of the Muslim Student Union (MSU) will have a perilous effect on the entire body of students and campus community. Banning the organization will not only affect the organization and its members, but will also cause an inevitable chilling within the entire campus and community atmosphere.
On June 14, information about the [...]
Fanfest, Fathead Booth Come to Anaheim Convention Center
As a part of the All-Star game festivities, Major League Baseball’s Fanfest is at the Anaheim Convention Center from July 9-13. Besides the numerous hands-on exhibits and Hall of Fame players on hand to sign autographs for fans, numerous memorabilia booths are on hand to sell everything baseball related to a diehard fan base.
One such [...]
