Archive for 2013
Utilizing Student Resources
The Social Sciences Academic Resource Center provides workshops and career pointers to undergraduates across all academic disciplines. Under the School of Social Sciences, the Social Sciences Academic Resources Center (SSARC) provides workshops and programs on topics such as community service, public speaking and leadership to ensure students develop skills necessary to career success before sending [...]
Gay and Greek: The Happy Truth
In a survey distributed to all of UCI’s Panhellenic sororities and IFC fraternities, 10 percent of those who responded personally identified as gay, bisexual or pansexual. This means around one in 10 Greek system members do not identify as heterosexual. It is a generally accepted stigma that the Greek system at-large is not welcoming or [...]
Uniting Through Prayer
Every first Thursday of May, a nationwide phenomenon takes place — prayer sweeps across the nation and voices join together in unison, as people of all different ethnicities, backgrounds and faiths gather together to lift America up in prayer. Intended for people of all faiths, this day was created in 1952 by a joint resolution [...]
‘Uncovering’ Summer Aid
The ASUCI Office of the President hosted an event titled “Summer Aid Uncovered” last Tuesday to give students a better idea of how summer funds are allocated and to provide more transparency from the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. Maria Khan and Trisha In, two student members of the ASUCI Transparency Committee, were the [...]
The Other Road: English to Management
It’s 4:40 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The 90-degree weather outside is exhausting. In the cool comfort of the newsroom I sit with Victoria Mariscal, a fourth-year English major from Downey, California, and speak with her about her career plans. Mariscal is currently a Location Supervisor for the Newkirk Alumni Center, which opened in January. She [...]
Islamophobia in America
The word “terrorism” finds its roots in France, during the Reign of Terror of the 1800s. Citizens and revolutionaries used the word “terrorisme” to describe not the actions of rogue groups, but atrocities committed by the government. As the years passed, the term has been adapted to mean the opposite, most spectacularly by the American [...]
McConaughey’s Name Is ‘Mud’
When you think of classic, free-spirited adventures, look no further than Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. They embody mischief, wit and this ideal that children are compelled to do almost whatever they want. Their world and spirits come to the big screen in the engaging, modern-day coming-of-age drama “Mud,” which isn’t an adaptation of any [...]
Ruling with an ‘Iron’ Fist
If it weren’t for the success of the first “Iron Man,” the pedestal that Marvel Studios has set since would be nowhere as high as it is today. Five years and six films later, Marvel kicks off their Phase II series with “Iron Man 3,” the third and most likely final film in the “Iron [...]
‘The Other CO2 Problem’
UC Irvine hosts a multi-disciplinary symposium that brought attention to the acidification of the world’s oceans. Informing scientists and citizens alike, scientists and professors from disciplines across all of science spoke at an ocean acidification symposium entitled “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century,” last Friday, May 3, on the impending impact that carbon dioxide is having [...]
The Summer Set Lacks Depth
The Summer Set is an American pop rock bad that got its start in 2007. Back then, they released their first EP, “Love the Love You Have,” which led to their signing with The Militia Group. The band made their most popular full-length album, “Everything’s Fine,” under the direction of Razor & Tie. “Everything’s Fine” [...]
