Author Archive for Kevin Phan
As Good as It is Hard to Spell
UNABASHED: Coldplay’s “Mylo Xyloto” is more electronic than ever, but they don’t compromise any of their originality.
UCI Professors Leaving?
UC San Diego recently lost a battle with Rice University when it tried to keep three star professors Ń all members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
In AT&T and T-Mobile Merger, We All Lose
By now, you’ve probably heard about AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile for $39 billion. As reported in the New York Times, the deal would “create the largest wireless carrier in the nation and promise to reshape the industry.” The immediate effect is that the number of nationwide wireless carriers would drop from four to three, with Sprint placing a distant third behind a combined AT&T/T-Mobile and Verizon.
North Korea At It Again
Dealing with North Korea is like playing poker with the guy that goes all in on every hand. Eventually you have to start calling his bluff, or you will lose. Yet, it is important to note the degree of the situation to figure out whether or not the bluff is real.
We Know Enough To Act
Imagine you are attending a banquet where thousands of people come to eat and drink to their desire. A waiter then crashes the mood of the scene and holds up a bill. Not surprisingly, some of the diners begin to deny that it is their bill and one diner even suggests that the man may not be a waiter and is only trying to get attention for himself or to raise money for his own projects. Finally, the group concludes that if they simply ignore the waiter, he will go away.
Zuckerberg: Person of the Year?
Although Time magazine readers recently chose WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as “Person of the Year,” Time editors preferred to feature a far less controversial figure on the cover of the magazine. They decided to select Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook and the youngest choice for the honor since Charles Lindberg in 1927. While both Assange and Zuckerberg are founders of tech empires that have transformed today’s social landscape, the difference between the two is clear. In short, Assange’s innovation has targeted government secrecy while Facebook has changed our personal lives.
Check Facebook While You Read This Article
With all the distractions we are presented with these days from connecting with our friends on Facebook and other social networks, it can be very difficult to focus on schoolwork. It is easy to blog about your life, text your friends, watch music videos on YouTube or do an inordinate number of other things when [...]
Just Let Them Play
In the sixth week of the current National Football League (NFL) season, the NFL fined three defensive players for making what the league determined to be illegal hits to the head and neck area. However, starting in the seventh week of the season, the league has given itself the power to suspend any offender in [...]
UCI Evades Harsh Ruling
Since late August, the nation once again finds itself in a needless tug-of-war with itself over embryonic stem cell research after U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth suspended the Obama administration’s recent effort to expand funding for embryonic stem cell research. In March 2009, President Obama reversed former President George W. Bush’s ban on federal [...]
