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Theater Thursday: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ has audiences yearning with it

Jane Austen novels are notorious for their sense of yearning, and this year’s film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” is no different. Released on Oct. 16, “Sense and Sensibility” has everyone waiting, patiently and impatiently, for love.   The film follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (Daisy...

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News

How Pierre Baldi helped pioneer neural networks

“This is never going to go anywhere.”  That’s what a well-known International Business Machines (IBM) scientist told Pierre Baldi during a job interview about his neural network research, decades before he became the Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UC Irvine. Back in the 1980s, neural networks in artificial intelligence (AI) were a young field that few researchers took seriously, except for those like Baldi. More than 50 years later, neural networks are at the center of the AI boom. Neural networks, in short, are a foundational way to train complex AI models, based on the functioning of a brain. Just like how neurons in the brain transmit information, this artificial...

UCI Terminates Bioinformatics major

The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS), just like many other schools within UCI, offers minors to prepare students to be well versed in a specialization...

How the UCI Labor Center explores immigration and labor

The UC Irvine Labor Center and the Orange Country Labor Federation hosted “From Guanajuato to Orange County”  at the Newkirk Alumni Center on Oct. 16. The event gathered labor...

OCDA announces $125 million settlement agreement with GKN Aerospace

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office recently announced in an Oct. 12 press statement that it has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with GKN Aerospace to compensate residents...

Opinion

Proposition 39 is another voter identification law we don’t need

Proposition 39 (Prop 39), which is set to appear on the November 2026 California ballot, will begin requiring citizens to provide a government-issued identification at the ballot box if passed. The aim is simple:...

Vote ‘Yes’ on Proposition 40

What does it take for Governor Gavin Newsom and gubernatorial candidates Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton to agree on policy? Apparently, it’s taxing billionaires, as they are all for killing Proposition 40...

Vote no on Proposition 44

Proposition 44 will be on the midterm ballot in California on Nov. 2. The measure proposes the creation of the Clinic Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, which would require Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)...

How to vote as a college student

Young college students are not politically apathetic. They are inexorably concerned about the cost of living, access to health insurance, human rights and the regulations that will determine their daily livelihoods. Students are also...

Title IX should protect students, not silence them

The U.S. Department of Education rescinded the Biden Administration’s 2024 Title IX rules from the Code of Federal Regulations on Sept. 28, replacing them with rules adopted during Donald Trump’s first presidential term in...

Student newspapers have a responsibility to speak up

The recent editorial work of the Cornell Daily Sun and the swift impact of it should be a reminder to campus newspapers everywhere of what student journalism can do. On Sept. 21, the paper...

Entertainment

Fontaines D.C. get existential in new album “Dopamine Chamber”

Two years after the success of their Grammy-nominated album “Romance,” Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. released their fifth album “Dopamine Chamber” on Oct. 16. Fontaines D.C. created a catastrophic atmosphere...

Theater Thursday: ‘Sense and Sensibility’ has audiences yearning with...

Jane Austen novels are notorious for their sense of yearning, and this year’s film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” is no different. Released on Oct. 16, “Sense and Sensibility”...

Tuesday Tunes: Tate McRae on being your own “Housewife”...

Tate McRae is one of the biggest pop stars of the modern era of music, with her new “Housewife” single debuting on the Global Spotify Charts when it dropped...

Niteharts festival blends EDM, hyperpop and rap

Niteharts returned to San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium Oct. 9-11, bringing together electronic dance music, hyperpop and even rap for a festival that showcased a wide range of fun musical...

Sports

Women’s Soccer falls 4-0 to Cal Baptist University 

The UCI Women’s Soccer team (4-8-3, 2-5-1) fell 4-0 on the road against the Cal Baptist University Lancers (CBU)...

Women’s soccer falls 2-1 to Long Beach State University

UCI women’s soccer fell 2-1 to Long Beach State University on Oct. 17 in a defensive battle that came...

UCI Men’s Soccer leaves Bakersfield with 0-0 draw

The UC Irvine Men’s Soccer team (6-5-2, 2-1-1 Big West) notched a scoreless tie against their conference-rival, the California...

Women’s Soccer beats out Cal State Bakersfield, 2-0

UC Irvine Women’s Soccer secured its first home conference win of the season against Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday,...

UC Irvine Women’s Tennis signs two new players

UC Irvine Women’s Tennis welcomed two new players to their team this 2026-27 school year: Rachel Gee and Montana...

UCI Athletics reintroduces VAR for 2026 soccer season

After UC Irvine Athletics paused the use of video assistant referee (VAR) during the 2025 soccer season, UCI reintroduced...

UC Irvine Men’s Tennis wraps up strong 2025-26 season

The UC Irvine Men’s Tennis (14-8, 5-1) closed out their 2025-26 season at the Big West Championships on April...

UCI Indoor Track adds two in attempt to repeat

The UC Irvine Women’s Indoor Track & Field team has added two freshmen to their roster in an attempt...

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