LIQUOR: The second season of “Boardwalk Empire” is a bomb, and the seconds are ticking away at a terrific rate.

The 2011 holiday season is shaping up to be the greatest one yet for gaming. Not since 2007 has there been such an absolute...

SIB: Men Soccer Trumps UCR, Falls to Creighton

RHYTHM: Ubisoft’s “Rocksmith” may be the solution to the lack of evolution in the music video game genre.

POLO: Irvine has struggled recently, losing their second straight game and falling to 12-8 overall.

SOCCER: Andrew Fontein and CoCo Goodson represent their respective teams with character.

COALESCE: Björk creates a strange dichotomy by fusing nature-based music with an iPod/iPad app.

EFFECT:Friday night’s Midnight Magic at Shocktoberfest hosted a slam dunk contest courtesy of the men’s basketball team.

DANCE: The very idea of remaking a ‘80s classic sounds repulsive, but “Footloose” turns out to be pretty enjoyable.

Occupy: Inspired by the Wall Street protests, Irvine demonstrates against corrupt financial practices. By James S. Kim Staff Writer

HOMELAND: Yael Bartana’s “...and Europe will be Stunned” addresses the Jewish-Polish relationship.

UC Irvine’s 6th annual Shocktoberfest began with the pre-show festival outside of the Bren Events Center on Friday, Oct. 15. Several UCI dance crews...

Beginning winter quarter 2012, UC Irvine will launch the Educational Technology Initiative (eTech@UCI) which, according to the eTech@UCI website, aims at “… funding the maintenance and improvement of education technology like EEE, classroom technology, and instructional computing labs.” Some of the proposals of eTech@UCI include a virtual computer lab, classroom course capture, expanded wireless (Wi-Fi) coverage across campus, charging stations for mobile devices and a student IT help desk.

Democracy is desirable in government. Most people would agree with that, especially in the United States. However, a democratic educational system is not as beneficial and could be harming America's future generations.