Archive for February 21st, 2012
Rob and Clyde
GOOFY: Alumni Robert Mitchell and Clyde Gaines reunite to discuss their cult classic music video.
Hall of Fame Soccer Mom
RECORDS: Nicole Bucciarelli’s name is plastered across UC Irvine’s women’s soccer history books.
Juvenalian Judgements: It’s All Uphill From Here
On a beautiful, sunny day in mid-1959, the University of California purchased 1,000 acres – what would eventually become the beautiful University of California, Irvine – from the monopolizing Irvine Company for a hefty price of $1. And it’s all been downhill since then. OK. I joke, but seriously: with this year’s freshman class, the 50th graduating class, I think it may be safe to say that this campus peaked in its mid-20s.
Working for ‘Cha for Tea’
Vinson Gotingco/New University
By Heather Hoang
“Hi! Welcome!”
You know how it is to enter Cha for Tea, the boba shop over at UTC — constant shrill greetings followed by overly eager workers bombarding you with attention to try all the delicious drink and food samples.
Everyone at UCI has been there at least once. Let me guess. Your [...]
UCI’s Love Affair with Cinema
FILM: Irvine may be a neutral campus, but it has a relation with cinema that not everyone knows.
Making Cards ‘Completely Gail’
Marlon Castillo/New University
By Colleen Humfreville
Staff Writer
A friend of mine once asked me, “Why do you have to be completely frank with me … why can’t you just be completely Gail?”
What I thought was a silly question at the time ended up being something I asked myself quite often.
I realized that in everything I do – [...]
Peter(sen) the Anteater
MLB: Miami Marlins outfielder Bryan Petersen’s comfort food was Chronic Tacos when he attended UCI.
Boomers, Xers, Echo
America was still in Vietnam when UC Irvine opened in 1965. Jobs sprung from the dirt along with new housing complexes and turfgrass and thousands were attracted to the palm-treed paradise. War vets, Asian immigrants, Latino immigrants, African-Americans —pretty much everyone flocked to California. Meanwhile, UCI was just a few buildings situated in dry isolation surrounded by miles of dirt and blue sky.
Sports in Brief
SIB: The ’Eaters opened up their 2012 baseball season with a sweep at the Urban Invitational at Minute Maid Park
High Over Irvine, It’s KUCI
RADIO: KUCI, which started back in 1967, has witnessed the ever-changing atmosphere in music since.
