Archive for October, 2010
The History of Pumpkin Carving
Nikki Jee | Staff Photographer
It’s time for all those decorations in your garage to see the light of day once more! You can take out your spider webs, cardboard cutouts of witches, ghosts, scary monsters, old costumes and, of course, some eerie lights to hang outside your house because it’s Halloween time!
The only thing one [...]
Pride of Nations
Coach: From England to ’Eater Nation, Scott Juniper has established a new culture at UCI.
When Driving, Leave That Cell Phone Alone
I’m definitely not proud of the moment I answered a phone call that I was expecting from a friend while driving to work. Before you start judging me, I did have a Bluetooth! Driving at 55 mph and just a few feet away from the intersection, I realized that the light was red. I slammed [...]
Sport in Brief
Women’s Soccer Stays Undefeated in Big West
The Lady Anteaters defeated heated rival Long Beach State 1-0 on Thursday, Oct. 21. Late in the first half, senior Tanya Taylor found an open Coco Goodson who did the rest, putting the ball past the 49ers’ keeper Emily Kingsborough.
On Sunday night, the Anteaters traveled to Riverside to [...]
Why the Miami Heat Will Not Win the NBA Championship
When LeBron James uttered the words, “This fall I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat,” many experts and fans crowned the Heat as 2010-2011 NBA Champions. Now that the Heat feature three of the top four players from arguably the best draft in history, the 2003 NBA Draft, [...]
Upcoming Fee Increase Confirmed, 10 Percent Speculated
“Some kind of percentage of a fee increase does have to happen.” This statement from Patrick Lenz, the UC vice president of budget, was in response to his Oct. 11 statement in which he hinted at a possible fee increase “anywhere from zero to 20 percent.”
According to Lenz, the October meeting with UC student government [...]
Love in an Age of ‘Adz’
Something is rotten in the land of hipsters. Something has gone very awry. Sufjan Stevens released his first full-length song-based album since 2005’s “Illinois” on Oct. 12, 2010.
After ditching his ambitious 50 States Project, Stevens released an album of outtakes from “Illinois,” a Christmas album, embarked on a film and music project entitled “The BQE” [...]
The Cartoon Controversy
Recently, the Washington Post decided it was too afraid to run a “Non-Sequitir” cartoon displaying a book titled, “Where’s Muhammad?” The caption read: “Picture book title voted least likely to ever find a publisher.” Wiley Miller, the artist, remarked that the Post, a newspaper that “took on Nixon … runs in fear of this tame [...]
Way Too Old to Trick-or-Treat? The Good Old Days are Gone
Courtesy of Mallory Yu
It was a clear, cool October night – perfect for the quintessential Halloween activity: trick-or-treating. I was with my friends, and we were dressed to the nines, having carefully constructed our costumes for weeks.
Unfortunately, we found ourselves with a gaggle of children; as responsible 20-year-old adults, we had been asked to take [...]
Record Breaking Performance
Vincent Chow | Staff Photographer UCI 2 CSUN 1
The No. 8 UC Irvine men’s soccer team continued in their dominating season, defeating Cal State Northridge on Wednesday, 2-1. Seniors Corey Attaway and Amani Walker each scored a goal in the second half against Northridge, leading UCI to the come-behind road victory.
UCI trailed CSUN until Attaway [...]
