Author Archive for Melissa Araneta
Campus Bus Service Finding New Roads For Old Routes
TRANSPORTATION: Changes in the campus shuttle system plan for future UC Irvine student transit needs; New Technology to come.
Free Wheelchair Mission Visits UCI
CHARITY: School of Engineering partners with non-profit org. to provide third-world with wheelchairs.
Justice Dept. Goes on a ‘Wecht-Hunt’ Against Top Democrats
Robert Thornburg, the former Attorney General of President Ronald Reagan and the first Bush administration, now has a private practice and does not have any qualms about critiquing a series of bizarre corruption charges from last year against top Democrats. He believes that the Justice Department, under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is behind the [...]
Clash of the Titans: Torch Relay Sparks Olympic Struggle for Human Rights
Lessons from the Paris and London protests against the 2008 Beijing Olympics prompted San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to change the torch relay route just minutes before it began. Thousands of protesters rushed onto the streets of San Francisco to get a glimpse of the Olympic torch relay only to find that the ceremony had [...]
