Archive for March, 2011
Japan’s Natural Disaster Tragedy Hits Close to Home in California
TSUNAMI: What does this monstrous series of events mean for California? UCI students pitch in.
Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to the recent New University article titled, “Irvine: No Pets For You!” I was not aware that the City of Irvine was considering a ban of the sale of dogs or cats, but I am extremely happy that they are. I do not see how banning the sale of animals in Irvine will hamper anyone’s ability to have a dog, cat or reptile as a member of their household. There are so many animals ready for adoption at the Irvine Animal Shelter. There are even more pets available for adoption at the extremely overcrowded shelter in Orange, across from the Block.
Panic! Mixes ‘Vice’ with ‘Virtues’
DISCO: Two remaining members of Panic! experience identity crisis with latest release.
Irvine 11, 19 Update
TRIAL: OCDA postpones hearing for Irvine 11, Irvine 19, subpoenas academic and e-mail records.
The Chronicle of Post-Education: College Graduate Contemplates Career and Real Life Decisions
About this time last year, I was grumbling over the mass e-mails from the School of Humanities about graduation. “I’m not ready to think about gowns and caps and announcements!” I said and skimmed – then deleted – all of those e-mails. “I’ll read them next year,” I told myself.
In AT&T and T-Mobile Merger, We All Lose
By now, you’ve probably heard about AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile for $39 billion. As reported in the New York Times, the deal would “create the largest wireless carrier in the nation and promise to reshape the industry.” The immediate effect is that the number of nationwide wireless carriers would drop from four to three, with Sprint placing a distant third behind a combined AT&T/T-Mobile and Verizon.
Rebecca Black: Phenomenon?
PARTY: Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday! Everybody’s looking forward to the weekend!
Defeat at “Battle: Los Angeles”
INVASION: What looked like a promising gritty war film with aliens underwhelms in almost every way.