Author Archive for David Lumb
So Long, From The Chief
Dear Readers,
As I sit here on my last Sunday of production writing my last article for the New University, my brain has failed to provide some witticism or neoidiom to explain who I’ve become after four years at UCI. I won’t leave you with inspirational bullshit – pretending things are better than they are is [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine joins Chancellor Michael Drake in condemning terrorism and in reaffirming our university’s “commitment to dialogue and democratic rule, not violence.” The MSU condemns the killing of innocent civilians, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or any other label. As stated numerous times throughout the week, we will not tolerate [...]
A Radical Debate
tension: Before Malik Ali’s speech, KPCC hosted a debate with UCI students about the campus climate.
LOST
Dear Wayward Lost Fans, Ex-Lost Fans and Those Who Never Watched,
You’re in luck. Oh man, what I wouldn’t give to be in your shoes. For those former Lost fans who gave up after Charlie bit it; for those who jumped ship after the four-toed statue; for those who tested the waters for a trial episode, [...]
Body Found at UCI
The body of a man was found around 7:40 p.m. last night, April 15. According to an email from Chief of UCI Police Department, Paul Henisey, through the office of Vice Chancellor of Administration and Business Services, Wendell C. Brase, the body was discovered by two hikers in the brush near the campus observatory at [...]
UCSA Comes to UCI
Advocacy: 17 of the 21 UC student governments meet monthly to represent their constituency.
If You Build It, They Will Watch: Why Baseball Films Rock
I played baseball from age six until freshman year in high school; around that time, kids stopped playing for fun and started building careers, and my laissez-faire attitude toward the game did not mesh with the aggressive, driven mentalities of my teammates. I gracefully made my exit (and grateful that I didn’t have to deal [...]
Anteaters Abroad in Azeroth
Like many of my peers, I decided to take advantage of the wonderful study abroad programs on campus; but I didn’t want to go romping around Europe like an aimless college stereotype. No, I wanted something more exotic, a place whose war-torn landscape and complicated politics would challenge my prejudices.
After countless paperwork, an injury/probable death [...]
Town Hall Discussion Held for Post-March 4 Activism
On Wednesday, March 10, a group of about 60 students gathered in the Ring Room of the Cross Cultural Center for the first meeting in a series called “Dispersal of Knowledge.” After the March 4 action at UC Irvine, in which 800 students marched in support of education reform, many students wanted to find [...]
Sacramento
I was sitting at a round table in Sacramento at 10 a.m., peering across the table at the lobbying team of undergraduate and graduate students and frantically going over budgetary figures for my section of the presentation, when Lina, the staff representative for Senator Lou Correa, welcomed us to his office. Game time, baby.
Less than [...]
