David Vu

Creeping Graduation Nostalgia

One can almost smell the barbecues in backyards and parks all across the Southland, celebrating the recently graduated class of 2014 (in fact, some...

NFL: The Double Standard of Bigotry

The boy who cried wolf has nothing on the boy who cried bigot. This has been the war cry of the homosexual movement ever...

Don’t Vilify Those With Vilifying Opinions

Donald Sterling was recently heftily fined by the NBA, all the while being banned from his own team, the Los Angeles Clippers. The decision...

Bittersweet Graduation

There are many things an old man regrets when he is on his deathbed, wishing he had done more of the interesting things in...

FAQs About UCI Admission

It’s April. The flowers are blooming, the weather is warm. High school students are touring the campus. Yep. It’s that time of the year...

Strolling Through Aldrich Park

College students have a tendency to have “tunnel-vision” and unfortunately, it is very disappointing. This doesn’t apply only to UC Irvine students but is...

Recognizing the UCI Stigma

Oftentimes we try to be oblivious to it, but UCI is experiencing growing pains. UCI is young. For what it’s worth, UCI has done...

Global Warming: Scapegoat To All Problems

If you’ve been living under a rock (or Southern California for that matter) you probably weren’t aware that the rest of America, minus Florida,...

USA Hubris: Going For The Gold

One of my favorite experiences from the Olympics was back in 2008 when Michael Phelps won a record 8 gold medals in the pool....

A Bowlful of Super Bowl Reality

It seems as if every advanced civilization has had the spectacle of sport as part of common society. The Romans had the Colosseum, where...

The Captivating Issue Of Captive Whales

An athlete of its own kind has been rumored to make an appearance at this year’s 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. Courtesy of Sochi...

For The Good Of The Executive Branch

I have to admit to a bit of a mea culpa of sorts for my previous examinations of the US government as well as...

The Regulation of Calories: The More You Know, The Less You Care

A new proposal is taking aim at fixing America’s obesity problem, by placing calories count on all products sold in vending machines. Since most...

Hope for Change in Presidents

It is rather amusing to see people struggling to find ways to continue to support President Barack Obama and his administration. As of late,...