Archive for January 31st, 2012
Critical Curatorial Exhibition
EXPRESSIVE: “Chiasmus” shows that completely different areas of society overlap and can relate to each other in the most unexpected ways.
Moneyball at UC Irvine: An Oscar Snub, Gillespie, Speaks
EFFECT: The Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 24, and I know all of you are as shocked as I was that UC Irvine baseball’s Manager Mike Gillespie was left off the ballot for best supporting actor.
No More Smoking at UCI
I don’t smoke. I’m just going to put that out there right now. So what did I say when I found out that the UC system plans to ban all tobacco on school campuses?
The Quinoa Chronicles: Nutritional Yeast, French Fries, Avocados and Sea Birds
By Michael Chin
Staff Writer
Nutritional yeast. Yeah, it sounds weird. I’ll admit that I was skeptical too; when I first heard of it, I scoffed in my head. (“Yeast? Like for bread?”) The name made it sound so … clinical. And the nickname doesn’t really help. “Nooch,” as some call it, sounds like the street name [...]
‘CalTeaching’ to Learn
By Archana Venugopal
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
This quote from Benjamin Franklin is the motto of the year for UC Irvine’s Cal Teach club and program. Cal Teach is a program for undergraduate students who are interested in teaching. Although it is mainly aimed at STEM [...]
That Time of Year: The Oscar Noms
OSCAR: A writer reviews the good, the bad and the ugly from this year’s Academy Award nominations.
Tough Losses lead UCI to 1-3 record
CRUSHED: UC Irvine men’s tennis begins their season with only one win, coming from home, while struggling on the road.
White on the Mend
INJURY: Jazmyne White remains upbeat despite being unable to play for the rest of the season after tearing her ACL.
Speechless About ‘Kevin’
PSYCHOPATH: The disturbing and haunting psychological drama explores the relationship between a mother and child.
Hands Off the Internet!
A resounding cry (or in some cases, just caps-locked text) spread like wildfire over the Internet this past month: “FUCK SOPA!”
