YOUTH: At this point in the season, it seems cocky to believe that UC Irvine men’s soccer can easily nab a Big West title without breaking a sweat.

VOLLEYBALL: UCI avenged a loss to the UC Davis Aggies, but they failed to tame the Tigers at home.

legal: A group of doctors is advocating for the legalization of marijuana for research purposes . By Sam Barke

refute: Study finds that undocumented individuals do not overuse medical services. By Ryan Wallace

alcohol: Moved by the death of her brother, Erica Upshaw speaks about the need to drink responsibly. By Breanne Downs

BELLO: Sitting on the bench for half of the season, left back Bello Alhassan trains heavily to hold onto his dream

Books: UCI Bookstore welcomes two authors by featuring readings from their recently published works. By Zachary Risinger Staff Writer

Facebook, like Steve Jobs’ Apple, is constantly coming up with new features and improvements. But unlike Apple, some of Facebook’s are not as secure.

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are entitled, under the First Amendment, to the freedom of speech. If you heard of this from any media outlet, it is likely that what you heard was blown out of proportion. To convince myself, I read the opinion of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

An 18-year-old girl was captured, put in prison, tortured and eventually her family found her mutilated dead body. “Zeinab al-Hosni” is a case reported by the United Nations and only one of the 5,000 victims who were silenced by the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad.

Google decided to take it one step further. Now they announced that they will make TV-like channels on YouTube to watch shows. I mean real channels, not user accounts with segments of shows. It should be like watching TV without watching it through a TV set.

Recently I’ve noticed a strange rise in the number of homeless people plaguing our campus. During my first year here at UC Irvine, I never noticed anything out of the ordinary as far as the presence of the homeless is concerned. Sure, there would be the occasional weird-looking guy at the bus stop, but that is to be expected. In the past month of class, however, I’ve witnessed at least two homeless people on campus.

For the last couple of weeks, thousands of Orange County citizens have been making their way to the Irvine Civic Center to be a part of Occupy Orange County CA, a branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City.

The last thing I expected to do was give myself a concussion outside of class. Especially, while I was sober. If you’re wondering how this happened, join the club. I’ll rewind, like some trendy Tarantino movie that all the cool kids these days like, and tell you what happened. I’ll start from the beginning …