January | 2010 | New University | UC Irvine

Sports Movies Educate and Inspire Others to Visit ‘Happy Place’

When Robert Redford’s character hits that mammoth homerun into the stadium lights to win the game in “The Natural,” I always get goose bumps....

News in Brief

In the 2002 thriller “Minority Report,” futuristic detectives use a watered down version of eugenics (the practice of selective human breeding) to catch criminals before they engage in any sort of misconduct.

Negotiating for Prisoners in Israel

Gilad Shalit, a staff sergeant in Israel’s defense force, was seized by Hamas, a militant Islamist group, in a cross-border raid in June 2006....

UCI Women’s Tennis Preview

WOMEN’S TENNIS: The Lady Anteaters are ranked 57th in the nation for the upcoming season.

The UCI Rugby Team Looks to Henne

RUGBY: Kate Henne is the UC Irvine’s New Head Rugby Coach and has the team poised for greatness.

UCI Tames Tigers

BASKETBALL: Lady Anteaters come back strong after loss to Davis by defeating Pacific last Saurday.

“Contra” As An Aural Weekend

CONTRA: Indie rockers Vampire Weekend serve up more songs about Ivy League angst, young love and ethnic food.

“Elephant Man” Lumbers

WORKSHOP: Although this student-directed show had a lot of heart, it failed in a lot of its execution.

A Late Tonight Show? A No-No for Coco

How did I react to Conan O’ Brien getting backstabbed by NBC? Well, here’s a little back-story. Conan and Andy Richter pretty much laid...

The Bore of “Eli”

APOCALYPSE: Gritty action-packed film lacks well-crafted dialogue and relatable characters.

Baby It’s Moderately Cold Outside

One night near the end of fall quarter, I was dead asleep in bed and then suddenly I was awake. The night was silent,...

What Do You Do At 11:11?

The world was an excruciatingly terrifying place when I was nine. Not only did I have to deal with imagined monsters under my bed,...

Single? Ready To Mingle? How To Calm Your Nerves To Finally Do It!

In the age of e-mail, IMs and Facebook, what’s a guy with a crush to do? Talking to a cute girl is never easy,...

Grrrrrl Power: The Reason We Love and Hate Feminist Power Anthems

Hidden in the depths of our iTunes are songs we never like to admit to listening, but we believe it’s time to turn up...

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