Archive for April, 2011
I’m In Love — With Sports, Don’t Come Between Us
The sports world devoured me when I was in the sixth grade. Despite watching Tony Siragusa knock Rich Gannon out of the 2001 AFC championship game and having a bitter taste in my mouth because the Oakland Raiders lost, I became engrossed with football. From that point on my love affair with sports only grew stronger as I began watching basketball, baseball and just about anything shown on television during the Olympics.
Armenian Genocide
REMEMBERANCE: Members of the UCI community join to remember the Armenian Genocide.
Evaluating Facebook’s Advertising Policies
Once more, Facebook is under fire for taking advantage of its users to generate more ad revenue. This time, Facebook is accused of selling your correspondence on their website to advertisers to increase the accuracy of their marketing.
The Ragnar Relay: 200 Miles Can Test Your Friendships, Fitness and Desire
Physical education was the best and worst class I took in middle and high school. On one hand, I figured, “Are you kidding me? I get an easy A for playing basketball, softball, dodgeball, flag football and I get to watch ‘Remember The Titans’ over-and-over again when inclement weather strikes.”
Go Green? You First!
Earth Day has passed once again (let’s hope you planted a tree and picked up some litter this Saturday), but that’s no reason for us to get lax on our personal ecology. Saving the Earth is easy, after all. As a species we may be living at the edge of a precipice, but — if the “Go Green!” boosters are to be believed — there are simple things we can each do every day to avoid a cataclysm.
Time to Update the Master Plan?
It’s officially that time of year. Knock, knock UC Irvine, once again the latest freshmen flood comes knocking at our door.
The Chronicle of Post-Education: Phone Interviews – A Necessary Evil In the Pursuit of Relocation
Phone interviews are awkward. I’m not even going to try to start this column with an interesting lede because it’s just a fact: I dislike phone interviews.
Professors Face Off: Hot Topics Debate
DEMOCRACY: Professors Schonfeld and Petracca debate prospect of democracy in the Middle East.
Let’s Talk About Asia
UC Irvine’s history department hosted “Religion and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Asia,” a dialogue between Professor Vinayak Chaturvedi and St. Joseph University’s James Carter.
More Trees for Aldrich
GREEN: UCI hosts second tree-planting event to celebrate Earth Day in Aldrich Park.
