What if I told you that no matter how many years you’ve been improving your intelligence here at UC Irvine, you have been neglecting a portion of your brain’s capability? What if I told you that right now, this portion is at its peak, and it is only going to get weaker? If you were told you could strengthen this portion, would you? The better question is: How could you even resist?
April 24, 2012 was the 97th year since the Armenian Genocide. Under the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) 1.5 million men, women and children were shot, beaten, raped, drugged and drowned. This massacre predates the Holocaust and marks the beginning of modern genocide. And yet, there are some who claim that the piles of severed heads and images of starved, rib-caged corpses were merely byproducts of a civil war. Such denial has bludgeoned the Armenian Genocide into obscurity for nearly a century, but there has been and continues to be resistance.
The explosive popularity of social networking websites in the past few years has presented us with some engaging issues, especially those concerning privacy and what should or should not be posted on the Internet. Thanks to the Internet and social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook, people are capable of typing something into their computer and making it available to everyone else across the globe.
I think it’s high time we checked back in with good old Vladimir Putin, don’t you? After all, Sarah Palin’s a bit too busy lately to keep the Russkies in line, so it’s up to us red-blooded American everymen to stop those damned Commies.
President Obama is pushing to extend the lowered interest rates on federal student loans and Mitt Romney supports the extension as well. So it’s a win-win situation, right? Not quite. First, let’s delve into the nature of these loan rate extensions.
Every presidential campaign in the history of American politics has been built upon a characteristic platform — a definitive set of values, beliefs and qualities that the candidate is hoping to embody and sell to the voting public. Abraham Lincoln ran on unity and abolition. Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to fix the Great Depression. Lyndon B. Johnson promoted a Great Society and Reagan pushed for a balanced budget.
It is that time of year when the community, the prospective students, alumni and fellow Anteaters come out to play. Saturday, April 24, was UC Irvine’s annual Wayzgoose, also known as Celebrate UCI. This student-run outdoor festival had it all, from live entertainment, to the car show, food, rides and games. It was the perfect way to welcome in the spring.
As the upcoming election approaches, all eyes and ears are centered on the candidates, but who is watching and hearing us? Every four years, presidential candidates stretch the horizons of their campaign to cover as many demographics as possible in hopes of attaining a multifaceted base of supporters. Amongst the many minorities that politicians lobby for, the vote of the youth continues to get overlooked.
I was recently informed that men are no longer allowed to write about women’s issues in many newspapers across the country. Of course, this didn’t surprise me. Being a white, middle-class male, I’ve always had to deal with blatant sexist discrimination like this. While this article might surprise you since I don’t have a history of writing anything controversial, I beg you to read this so you can also be armed with the information needed to fight back against the oppressive vagina regime.
By Carly Lanning
Staff Writer
In my perfect world, people would respect one another, asking for consent would be as practiced as stopping at a traffic...
By Shelby Nesheim
After participating in Quarter Club for three weeks now, I’ve realized that drinking every day is both more challenging but also more...
By Charles Lam
Staff Writer
Music, chatter and light bounced off the hills of Aldrich Park Saturday night, as students circled the paths facing the School...
