Archive for 2010
The Third Wheel Syndrome
Chris Sinclair | Staff Photographer
“Oh! Hey, think this one’s any good?”
I looked up from the book in my hands when my only response was silence. There was nobody around me, except for a middle-aged woman in the aisle. She was giving me suspicious looks out of the corner of her eye, as if I was [...]
Midterms and the Middle East
Midterm elections resulted in a clear defeat of Obama and the Democratic Party. This left Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu with an opportunity to take advantage of the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, as he did during the Clinton years, to counterweight pressure from the White House.
Netanyahu is noticeably more confident in his assumed power to [...]
Matt & Kim: “Sidewalks”
Indie rock duo Matt & Kim are a cute couple who make cute music. Their danceable, synth-driven bits of happiness have found commercial success lately, having been featured in everything from Bacardi commercials to “The Sims” to “Entourage.” Hot off this success, Matt & Kim released their third studio album, “Sidewalks” on Nov. 2.
“Sidewalks” is [...]
Lindsey Saves the Day
Clutch: The Anteaters needed a last minute goal in order to get past the UCSB Gauchos on Sat.
Kid Cudi Lands on the ‘Moon’
Photo Courtesy of Universal Motown
Kid Cudi returns in his sophomore album, “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.” Fans of Cudi’s first album will be in for a treat with this release, as Cudi has only improved in carving out his own niche in the hip-hop scene. What the listener gets in [...]
Walk All You Can
UCI campus was home to the second Compassion Water Walk-A-Thon, hosted by OC community groups Compassion Service Society (CSS) and Bodhi Youth of America on Sunday, Nov. 14.
About 500 participants took part in the walk circuit, completing either a 5K track around Ring Road, a “Walk with a Challenge” where walkers carried one-gallon water jugs [...]
Elvis Costello: “National Ransom”
Elvis Costello is a man known for his eclectic career. He’s been associated with everything from punk new wave to country. Costello demonstrates this adroitness with a great variety of musical genres in his latest creation, “National Ransom.”
The album is as eclectic as it comes, but what makes it truly enchanting is Costello’s theme of [...]
“Unstoppable” Chugs Along
Photo Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
Chances are, if you were to inquire about the hype for “Unstoppable” in the weeks leading up to the film’s release, you would find that both excitement and expectations were rather low for Tony Scott’s latest feature.
Indeed, some felt that Scott was attempting to make amends for his last film, [...]
Town Hall Meeting First of Many to Come
Chris Sinclair | Staff Photographer
On Nov. 9, a town hall meeting was held to answer the questions of members of the student body.
Before the start of the 2010-11 year, the ASUCI Legislative Council wanted to give space to students who wanted their questions answered.
Since then, they have implemented plans to host multiple open question-and-answer forums [...]
UCI to Receive Award for Tree Campus USA
On Nov. 19, the Arbor Day Foundation will be awarding a greener gift to UC Irvine as a part of the Tree Campus USA program. In addition to the award, the Arbor Day foundation, in partnership with Toyota, will be sponsoring a volunteer-led tree-planting event in Aldrich Park.
Volunteers will be planting trees in four-to-six tree [...]
