All Entries Tagged With: "college"
Ramses Barden: The Latest Savior of the Collegiate Underdog (full edition)
While we see the best players in college sports coming from the top programs across the nation, many of the players in the professional ranks don’t necessarily come from those schools. Pro Bowl wide receivers Chad Johnson and Steve Smith came from Santa Monica Community College, Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Ben Rothlisberger came from the University of Miami in Ohio and there are plenty more to be named. But the point is that athletes from schools that aren’t as big as the Dukes or the North Carolinas or Ohio States, like the ones from UC Irvine, have as good a chance to make it to the Pros.
Student Unity Group Protests Budget Cuts in Education
demonstration: Around 200 San Francisco students staged a mass walkout to protest cuts.
Mock Trial Advances to Final Rounds of Nationals
competition: UC Irvine Mock Trial comes out of Newport Beach meet sending nine members to advance.
UCI Falls to Aggies, But Future Looks Bright
Basketball: Men’s team falls to UC Davis in Big West Tourny, but future still looks bright for the ‘Eaters.
Ramses Barden: The Latest Savior of the Collegiate Underdog (abridged print edition)
While we see the best players in college sports coming from the top programs across the nation, many of the players in the professional ranks don’t necessarily come from those schools. Pro Bowl wide receivers Chad Johnson and Steve Smith came from Santa Monica Community College, Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Ben Roethlisberger came from the University of Miami in Ohio and there are plenty more to be named.
This is Why I’m H.O.T.
Travel a few miles up the 55 North and the prim, polished, perfectly planned community of Irvine transforms into the graffiti-ridden, overpopulated metropolis of Santa Ana. According to School Data Direct, a service of the Council of Chief State School Officers next door to one of the most affluent, first-rate research universities in California, the Santa Ana Unified School District stands as one of the lowest-ranked school districts in Orange County. We remain aware of these curious socio-economic contrasts, yet the question remains – what can we do?
Geeks En Masse: Nearby Cons for the Geeky at UC Irvine
Ah, the geek: the socially awkward, anime-obsessed, MMORPG-playing, pale basement-dweller. Right?
Bringing Nerdy Back: Intergalactic Warfare at UCI
Gloves on. Lightsaber ready. It’s time to duel.
CA Dreaming: Obama in Costa Mesa
The eve of St. Patrick’s Day usually prompts questions like, “Do you want to spend the night at Casey’s Irish Bar & Grille or Molly Malone’s?” However, during the course of the 2009 recession, 20-something’s like Jennifer Stiegert asked, “Why is it that I have $150,000 in law school loans and all I have is a J.D and no job?”
Online Exclusive: Standing for Student Press
The following is a joint editorial that the New University Editorial Board co-signed along with representatives from 43 other student newspapers in support of the editorial staff of the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald. Since the editorial was first published in several of these newspapers on March 6, 2009, the Daily Emerald has resumed publication on March 9, 2009.
