Author Archive for Paul Backus
Muslim Student Union Hosts Palestine Awareness Week
MIDDLE EAST: Events promoting consciousness about Palestine prove fairly peaceful on campus.
The Used ‘Get A Life’
There is no smoking in the Bren Events Center. The ever-watchful security force made sure that nobody even lingered in the aisles between seats for more than a few seconds at Rockstar Energy Drink’s “Get A Life Tour” last Thursday night. Who knows what they would do if they caught someone with a lit cigarette?
ARC Considered for Solar Panels
SOLAR POWER: Student-funded gym may be a future home for solar panels in school’s effort to ‘go green.’
Barack Obama: Good Change from Born-Again, Bumbling Rich Kid
Here we are in the middle of another primary election. Every four years, we hear presidential hopefuls make promises that we know they can’t keep once they actually step into office. History tells us that this happens at every election. We all know Benjamin Franklin’s definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and [...]
Wayzgoose 2008
“Are you ready to PAAARTYYY?” hip-hoppers The People Under the Stairs excitedly asked the audience at Saturday’s installment of the annual Wayzgoose music festival.
Professors Debate Hot Topics
DEBATE: Four UC Irvine professors passionately battle the subject of immigration using popular arguments.
U.C. Likely to Face Budget Cut
Keeping in line with the fad of slimming down after the New Year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Jan. 10 that he plans to trim the budget for all state universities, including the University of California, by 10 percent for the 2008-09 school year.
How to Study Abroad, Get Out of Irvine, and Travel Away!
Everybody talks about how they want to study abroad, but only a few of us actually do it. However, there’s no reason why anyone should pass up the opportunity.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Who knew that being a refugee could be so much fun? In what may be the understatement of the century, Reuben Koroma, lead vocalist of the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, said at the start of one of his songs, ‘Living like a refugee, it’s not easy.’ But you would never guess it from watching [...]
Obama Wins UC Irvine Student Vote in California Primary Election
ELECTIONS: Obama wins by a landslide at UCI, yet many students’ votes may not have counted.
