Archive for 2013
Phoenix Not Going “Bankrupt”
Released on April 23, French pop band Phoenix is yet another band to make a long awaited comeback from 2009’s “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” (Is it just me, or is anyone else becoming slowly bothered by how long these artists have been leaving us hanging lately?) with “Bankrupt!” (Glassnote Records). Comprised of 10 songs, the album [...]
“Visit” Is New Artistic Piece
“What would any town, or any of us, be willing to do to solve all of our financial woes and worries?” This is one of the many moral dilemmas posed to the audience by Jane Page in her adaptation of Fredrick Durrenmatt’s play, “The Visit.” Charged with happiness, anger, jealously, revenge and several other [...]
Fraternity Video Stuns Campus
Members of Lambda Theta Delta release video featuring blackface. Students respond with outrage and calls for action. Members of the Lambda Theta Delta (LTD) fraternity released a racially-charged video on their official YouTube page featuring a student in blackface that went viral on April 24 and instantly sparked controversy among the campus community. The [...]
Aikhionbare Breaks Record
Track and field: Aikhionbare breaks UCI school record with efforts at the Beach Invitational. Beach Invitational In the sweltering heat on Saturday, April 20, sophomore track star Itos Aikhionbare stepped up to compete in the discus throw at the Beach Invitational at Cerritos College located in Norwalk, California. Aikhionbare stood ready, wound up, and launched [...]
ASUCI Spring 2013 Election Results:
EXECUTIVE President: Nicole Hisatomi Executive Vice President: Melissa Gamble Administrative Affairs Vice President: Tony Tizcareno Academic Affairs Vice President: Skyla Zhang Student Services Vice President: Dominique Doan REFERENDUMS Save SOAR: DID NOT PASS Bus Love Initiative: PASS Measure U: PASS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL At Large: Jonathan Contreras, Naalia Mohammed, David Hollingsworth Biological Sciences: Rame Bashir Engineering: Rahim Siddiq [...]
Wayzgoose Unites ’Eaters
The 42nd annual celebration of UC Irvine boasted more clubs and a greater turnout than in recent years. ASUCI organized the 42nd annual Wayzgoose festival on Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in Aldrich Park for the UCI community, as well as for prospective students and parents. Also known as Celebrate UCI, [...]
Dance Escape 2013
“How can we know the dancer from the dance?” William Butler Yeats once said. During week seven of winter quarter, nine graduate students from the Dance Department auditioned their pieces. Since that time, there has been numerous brainstorms, rehearsals, costume fittings and tech work, but the end result was finally unveiled on April 18. Performed [...]
Off to the Semis
Third-ranked UC Irvine won a very close match Saturday night by winning the first and the final two sets to defeat seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara 3-2 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinal match at the Bren Events Center. With the win, the No. 2 seeded Anteaters improve to 23-6 overall and extend their win [...]
UCI and the Not So ‘Secret’ Rape Culture
UCI Secrets: a blessing or a curse? This popular Facebook page has been the primary tool for procrastination for many a UCI student these last few months, and at times becomes a place for contention, often spurred by the convenient mask of anonymity. Recent posts and replies have shed light on what many UCI students [...]
Paradigm ‘Shifa’
Health clinic run by pre-medical collegiate students intends to function through preventative methods. UC Irvine students who seek to join the medical field now have a variety of opportunities available for them in the form of the Shifa Student-Run Free Clinic, an organization made up of undergraduates, medical students and doctors who provide free medical [...]
