Archive for 2013
Not Quite ‘Dead’ on Arrival
My relationship with popular horror films being remade has been an antagonistic one. Most of these attempts lie within the realm of the filmmaker and cast adding nothing new to an already classic movie, thus making the process feel utterly useless in the end. When “The Evil Dead” was announced as the next one, I [...]
Shabbat Dinners ‘Around the World’
Beginning this year, Hillel has hosted several Shabbat dinners that showcase the experiences of Jews in different countries. To achieve its ongoing goal of providing both current and new members with a worldly consciousness of Jewish heritage and tradition, Hillel, the Jewish Student Union at UC Irvine, has hosted several themed on-campus Shabbat dinners, [...]
Nothing Is As It Seems in ‘Motel’
Carlton Cruse returns with his first series since “Lost,” with the help of Kerry Ehrin (“Friday Night Lights”) and Anthony Cipriano. It’s a haunting hit that you don’t even have to be a Hitchcock junkie to fall in love with. Despite being the prequel to “Psycho,” “Bates Motel” takes place in the present. Norma Bates [...]
Four Corners: Body image
Dat-Vinh Nguyen: It concerns weight … people’s looks, and how it impacts health, and its relation to health. Sarah Menendez: If there’s one thing that bothers me — and also speaking as a woman — it’s that we’re constantly faced with things like “13 ways to get skinny in two weeks.” To me, it puts [...]
Bring Me the Horizon: ‘Sempiternal’
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die,” croons Oliver Sykes in “Hospital for Souls.” This, for the most part, embodies the nature of the album, as Sykes’ lyrics and emotions on their latest album are directed almost entirely on the subject of faith. However, Sykes is not afraid to speak his [...]
Telling Cancer to ‘Go Away’
“Cuck Fancer,” a nonprofit founded by UCI alumnus and cancer survivor Ben Teller, will be fundraising this week. After a routine scan in June of 2011, Ben Teller, a two-time cancer survivor at the time, came home to a voice mail from the City of Hope. “Why is the doctor calling me?” he thought. Teller [...]
Rainbows Bow Down
No. 27 Irvine sweeps Hawai’i — Sparks totals career-high 5 RBI Sunday with two round-trippers. There was no pot of gold at the end of Hawai’i’s rainbow this past weekend as No. 27 UC Irvine swept the Rainbow Warriors 3-0. Friday night’s win marked the first UCI Big West victory as the ’Eaters improved to [...]
Seeking a Leader
Members of the UCI community involved in the search for the new UC president speak out. The University of California Board of Regents took the first steps in the international search for the next UC President last month. The initiation of the search came almost two months after current UC President Mark Yudof announced [...]
Hydrogen-Fueled ‘Express’
The Anteater Express will be adding a new hydrogen-fuel cell powered bus by the summer of 2014. The Anteater Express has secured the use of a $2.4 million hydrogen-fuel cell powered bus to help replace its aging fleet, after previous attempts to procure a similar bus failed. The bus will be an estimated 40 [...]
Sports In Brief
Men’s Tennis The ’Eaters upset No. 73 San Luis Obispo, going 4-3 in Friday afternoon’s match on Cal Poly Mustang territory. The Mustangs, who are 8-8 overall and now 0-1 in conference play, were able to fend off the sweep on a point from the doubles pair. The win makes UCI 1-1 in the Big [...]
