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UCI Drama Presents New Musicals
THEATER: The UCI drama department opens the door to their theatrical laboratory of brand new musicals.
Bullhorn for Education
Graduate student protests the UC budget cuts and student fee raises during the UC-wide walkouts on the first day of class last Thursday.
Transportation’s System Failure
It seems as if now, more than any other time in recent history, being a student is particularly difficult. As a class, we have no choice but to bear the consequences of the mistakes of our predecessors, shoulder the debt they’ve racked up and deal with an economy that is about as worn out as Amy Winehouse’s hairpiece. While a lagging job market waits at the end of our education, the massive cuts in the educational system impair the very generation meant to absolve the debt and revive the economy.
ACORN: A Rotten Nut Gets Caught
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is a community organization that was created to help low to moderate income households by providing housing aid and by boosting political involvement among these groups. It is now under scrutiny after being accused of questionable behavior involving child prostitution, political corruption, tax evasion and human trafficking.
A New Begining For World Politics
Figures on the global stage stepped up to the podium with incendiary speeches, passed controversial notes, and rode the escalator backwards. These are the world’s top diplomats at the world’s most centralized communication forum: the United Nations.
Healthcare or Bust
There has been a lot of health care coverage over the past few months. It seems as if the voices of pundits on both sides, of screaming protestors and showboating politicians, are constantly pouring out of every speaker. I turn on my radio and they are talking about health care. I turn on my TV and the conversation is about health care. I open my email and all of those news alerts I signed up for are filled with stories about – yes, you guessed it, health care.
War on Drugs Gets Wasted
In the 1920s, alcohol was banned from the United States in an attempt to reduce crime, poverty and improve the overall living conditions in the United States. As a result of the ban, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, organized crime rates went through the roof and severe corruption took root in law enforcement agencies. This prohibition of alcohol was, without a doubt, a failed policy that was not only incredibly ineffective, but was also detrimental to its goal.
UCI Sips Rootbeer
Students gather in Aldrich Park on Wednesday night, September 23, to watch ASUCI-organized concert featuring several band performances including The Jakes, Rootbeer and Shiny Toy Guns.
Blog debut for all you LUSTY ANTEATERS!
Hello my lusty little anteaters!
I hope you’re ready and waiting for the debut of the new Life Love and Lust column arriving October 5.
Don’t know what we’re all about? Well, I’ve got you covered. Here’s a brief description of the column:
Part advice and part investigative, this column has everything you can think of in [...]
High and Dry: Rowing, a Victim of Budget Cuts
Varsity rowing, the only sport at UCI that was a true walk-on only program, was discontinued due to budget cuts in the athletics department. This is their boat house in the Newport Harbor.
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