In its first competitive year the UC Irvine Equestrian Team ranked 10th in Zone 8, Region 2 of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. However, more exciting than the team's placement was the journey getting there.
Junior Alisha Misiaita outdid herself, literally, at the California/Nevada Championships at UCLA last Sunday. She tossed a school record, 51-9, beating her previous record of 50-8.
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?"
Do you ever wish that it was your school playing on ESPN? Do you ever turn on the TV and see a massive crowd of united students, covered from head to toe in their school's gear and wish that you could be a part of that? If this is you, then you need to be one of the founding members of 'Eater Nation.
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs State Budget; UC Irvine Researchers Investigate Breast Cancer Treatment; Animal Rights Extremists Arrested For Violent Activity
The SOCIAList: A big reason why we go to college is to get ready for the real world. There is an academic foundation and expertise built here, but there is a far more important education that happens during your time in college: the education of life. What you learn here is supposed to be applied to the world outside.
