Finkelstein Downplays Middle East Conflict
SPEAKER: Scholar claims that controversy of Israeli occupation is falsely exaggerated by media.
Former ASUCI Director Charged with Assaulting Fellow Employee
ASSAULT: Lance MacLean accepts early retirement leave after assaulting a UCI employee last October.
The Vagina Monologues
How exactly is a 22-year-old male with relatively little experience dealing with the opposite sex supposed to react to a show that revolves around vaginas? Seeing as I don’t have one and have only a technical understanding of its function in the human body, what would even be the appeal of such a show to [...]
Drawn and Quoted
Most Edumacated Person of the Week: ‘I know the pundits, and I know what they say: The math doesn’t work out. Well, I didn’t major in math, I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them.’
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Public NewSense
New U dictato, uhm, editor in chief Taylor Hudson spouts off on politics, politics, politics, politics, and politics. Also, the MPAA wants to tie your financial aid to UCI preventing you from sharing music. Get political, folks!
Cloverfield
Part-giant monster movie, part-9/11 parable and part-faux documentary about the toll that catastrophic death takes on humans, ‘Cloverfield’ is, more than anything else, a damn intense ride for the entirety of its lean 78-minute running time (not including ending credits).
Movies about giant monsters wreaking havoc on unsuspecting populaces are certainly nothing new, but they are [...]
UCI Administration Cleared of Anti-Semitism Complaints
ADMINISTRATION: Allegations of ignoring anti-Semitism declared unfounded by Office of Civil Rights.
Corteo Cirque Du Soleil
Anyone who has yet to witness the artistic splendor, superhuman spectacle and joyous beauty of a Cirque du Soleil show would do well to head over to the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa before Dec. 23. Under the trademark yellow and blue tent, one will find the latest show in the French-Canadian circus company’s [...]
UC Irvine Gave Bren Some Say Over Law School Dean
LAW SCHOOL: Document shows confidential agreement between Bren and Chancellor Drake.
‘Saw IV’ Pumps up the Gore
The ‘Saw’ franchise, for reasons indecipherable to most mainstream film critics, has, in only three years, become one of the most anticipated and highest-grossing horror franchises in history, not to mention one of the most-often-cited proofs of the moral decline of American youth.
The latest installment in the grisly film series, ‘Saw IV,’ arrived in theaters [...]