Archive for April 19th, 2011
Newport Crackdown OK
If you go to UC Irvine, chances are you’ve been to the Newport Beach “warzone” before. The stretch of the peninsula that goes from roughly 30th Street to 50th Street is legendary to student and non-student partiers alike who enjoy public intoxication and random party crashing.
UCI Raises Autism Awareness
The color blue was plastered everywhere in the Student Center. Blue shirts. Blue ribbons. Blue markers.
Homeopathy Comes to UCI
HOLISTIC: High-profile figure Susan Samueli pays a visit to our campus for an event put on by SIM.
The Sunsets Score “Hit after Hit”
INDIE: Sonny and the Sunsets imprint a warm image of San Francisco with their sophomore album.
Bottled Water Cleanliness A Myth
When we are young, we are all eventually exposed to the bitter truth about Santa Claus. We imagined the big-bellied Mr. Claus along with his little elves, happily working in the swirly cotton-like snow slopes of the North Pole. Yet, this vivid image we carried as children crumbled with every harsh word of truth.
Champions Once Again
POLO: With two wins against CSUN and UCSB, UCI captured their second Big West title in three years.
‘Atlas’ is a Laughingstock
There’s something almost poetic about seeing the first installment of a proposed trilogy of films based on Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, “Atlas Shrugged,” in Irvine. Something akin to a screening of “The Godfather” in the Italian countryside, or of “Star Wars: A New Hope” on Tatooine. Only two miles from the Ayn Rand Institute’s global [...]
Sports in Brief
Compiled by Emmanuel Martinez, Staff Writer.
Paul Simon’s Most ‘Beautiful’ Album
Paul Simon adds yet another feather to his hat with his 12th studio album “So Beautiful Or So What.” This album comes five years after his last album, “Surprise,” and just when you thought that you had heard it all, you are left surprised once again! As for all you hermits who don’t know the [...]
Plenty of ‘Light’ with The Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters have time and time again proven themselves to be one of the few bands that can operate sustainably on the tight rope of being commercially successful while still maintaining a sense of badass-ness. And, they occupy a unique niche in the modern scene – they’re one of the only bands around today [...]
