Archive for October 19th, 2010
Time to “Write About Love”
UK indie pop group Belle and Sebastian’s latest album “Write About Love” is, unsurprisingly, a lighthearted pop album. Their well-composed songs run the gamut from slow ballads to dance-worthy numbers.
Like any good pop album, “Write About Love” is brimming with catchy melodies and upbeat hooks. It’s refreshing to hear such simple and catchy pop music. [...]
Art: “Moving Violations”
Remember growing up in the early 1990s and watching cartoons on Sunday mornings? We watched “Looney Tunes” and “Animaniacs” like mindless drones for hours on end until our mothers kicked us off the couch. But did you ever wonder, years later, how these animations were put together? We all knew a bunch of guys sitting [...]
Chiodos Illuminates Radiantly
Last year, Chiodos announced that they were letting go of its lead vocalist, Craig Owens. Many fans immediately panicked, fearing that no one would ever have the prowess to replace Owens’ unique sound and skill-set he brought to Chiodos.
To those fans, I’ll have to respectfully disagree. Brandon Bolmer, Chiodos’s new vocalist, has not only succeeded [...]
The Need for Communication
As the 2010-2011 school year begins, we are faced with yet another budget crisis. Unfortunately, the solution to the lack of monetary funds for public education is to once again look to us – the students – to bail the UC system out and make up the difference. But why is that? Why must we, [...]
Secret Traveler Navigator
Sophia Chang | Photography Intern
One of the most infamous avant-garde films is Dali and Bunuel’s “Un Chien Andalou,” as it drove many viewers mad. What enraged audiences was not so much the scene where a woman’s eye is slit with a razor — though that inspired not one hint of uproar — but the overall [...]
Beth Krom Visits UCI
Sofia Panuelos | Staff Photographer
Beth Krom and her supporters arrived at the 48th Congressional District Debate hosted at Crystal Cove Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 13 with no Republican candidate in sight.
Organized by UC Irvine’s political student organizations, the debate featured Democrat Beth Krom, supported by the College Democrats, all of whom were gathered outside in [...]
Ngugi
Jason Davis | Staff Photographer
On Oct. 7, 2010, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o walks into his “Colonialism and the Rise of African Literature” class to the sound of his students’ applause. Smiling graciously, he sets his armful of books and his briefcase on the lectern at the front of the classroom and waits for his students [...]
Advice for Fighting the “Ex” Factor
Diane Jong | Staff Photographer
Relationships are complicated, plain and simple. When two people fall for each other, there is chemistry, kisses, arguments, hurt feelings, smiles and … exes. The dreaded and unavoidable last person our partner was dating that we find ourselves obsessing about. It isn’t easy. But it is time that we figured out [...]
Possibility of Heightened Fees? ASUCI Says No Way, Not Okay.
UC Irvine’s Associated Students, Alumni Association and Office of Community & Government Relations hosted the second annual “Candidate Write-In” at the Phineas Banning Alumni House in which students wrote letters to local office-seeking constituents to push for higher education initiatives for the upcoming Nov. 2 mid-term election. Students also gained advice at the write-in from [...]
Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Russell Turner Era Has Begun
Alex Yee | Staff Photographer
Last Wednesday evening, UCI’s first-year basketball coach, Russell Turner strutted into Gina’s Pizza. He walked in surveying his choices on the menu, but before he could place his order, he was greeted by a warm welcome from numerous community members. From three different directions, the phrase “Hey Russ!” echoed towards the [...]
