MARRIAGE: What will be the next step for universal civil unions? UCI professors weigh in on the topic.

OBITUARY: After a long and illustrious career, Professor Walter Fitch passes away at his home in Irvine.

ECOLOGY: UCI’s Environmental Law Society puts together an all-day conference on climate change.

WEEK: Notions of a spirit-less campus begone: UCI to show affection for the blue and yellow.

Compiled by Ian Massey, Staff Writer.

WATERPOLO: Prior to blowing out Hartwick, UCI needed two fourth-quarter goals to beat the LMU Lions.

BIG WEST: The Anteaters opened up conference play with a sweep of the CSUN Matadors.

SERVICE: The Anteaters totaled 17 aces in two comeback victories against the Gauchos and Bruins.

I’ll never forget the day I was cut from Murrieta Valley High School’s baseball team. I can tell you the date: Dec. 2, 2005. Just getting off the phone with my dad, I rode shotgun in my mom’s Ford Explorer as I arrived at school at 7 a.m. I probably rolled my eyes as Mom said, “Make good choices” or, “I love you” too loud. I shut the door with my black JanSport backpack slung over my right shoulder.

It is not how you start, but how you finish. Now is the best time to apply this old saying to the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team.

There is no doubt that junior opposite Carson Clark is the workhorse of the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team – but every star player has an off day. This is where fifth-year senior and social science major Cory Yoder steps in and provides reliability and versatility to one of the nation’s top volleyball programs.