BALLERS: UCI begins conference play by defeating UCSB 57-55. Eric Wise and Michael Hunter lead the charge.

SPORTS: The sporting world and its deeper ties, broken down on an emotional and personal level.

Last year, the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team lost to USC in the Big West Conference Tournament, but avenged that loss in the NCAA...

For whatever reason, we humans have an odd habit of investing certain arbitrary dates with great significance: birthdays, anniversaries and, of course, New Year’s Day. This is because the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one offers the sense, however delusional, of renewal and of a fresh start. So in honor of 2010, the New University’s editorial staff picks 26 stories to watch for during the new year.

It has now been almost a full year since President Obama took office. In the historic 2008 general election, Americans sent Obama to the Oval Office and provided him with commanding majorities in both houses of Congress to allow him to fulfill his promises. Health care reform, a central part of his presidential campaign, soon became the core goal of his first-year domestic agenda.

It is evident that many students view the UCI Regents and Administration as the source of the current problems. The situation, however, is much more complex.

If you haven’t seen “Avatar” yet, you’ve probably heard that you should. If you decide to go out to an actual movie theater to see it, opt for the version packaged as “Avatar: The 3D Imax Experience.”

As personal computers, mobile phones and personal music players approach ubiquity, we are about to witness the next technological revolution with the emergence of the eBook.

DISNEY: The new cartoon flips storybook tradition on its head in a re-telling of the classic fairytale.

“College is making me the man that I always dreamed of becoming.”

ELEMENTARY: The case is afoot with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. playing the classic crime solving duo.

SONGSTRESS: The talented R&B star embraces her self-discovery in her new album “The Element of Freedom”

Islam has been placed in the limelight for the past decade; almost every news broadcast mentions Islam or Muslims in one way or another. “Experts” have emerged and taken it upon themselves to educate, or attempt to educate, us on this apparently complex and foreign religion.

Sometimes I don’t even have to think of ideas for my columns. Sometimes the ideas are neatly laid out for me and all I have to do is simply recall memories and ideas.