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The year is 1965 and 900 of UCI’s 1,589 students are attending a water polo game against Cal Poly Pomona, UCI’s first ever on-campus athletic event. Roll-out party favors are handed out to the crowd and cheerleaders yell, “Give ‘em a tongue!” UCI wins the game by a landslide, and soon after, the Anteater is voted in as the school’s official mascot.

The state of the Middle East today is almost unrecognizable compared to that of only 20 years prior. It’s a region that’s been destabilized by American influence and bombarded with a foreign military presence that’s done much more harm than good. It’s also a region that has somehow been forgotten in history — or at least in the American history syllabus — leaving students unable to grasp the reality of America’s place in the War on Terror.

Last month Trump announced his re-run for president, but his fiasco after a failed election in 2020 has left many apprehensive about the call.  The most noteworthy being Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corporation Ltd. and owner of Fox Corp.

For most people, especially students preoccupied with heavy workloads, the debate regarding daylight saving time (DST) is hardly engaging. It was simply customary that we set our clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 6, and will move it forward again on March 13 of next year.

Petitioners have been making their rounds on Ring Road at UC Irvine recently, attempting to lure students into signing their newest petitions.

It is time for the University of California (UC) to start compensating its graduate student workers properly.

With Myanmar’s freedom all but a nudge away, the success of their revolution can only be achieved if international powers are willing to step up and help.

Anime will continue to exist and depict women in these harmful ways, and nothing will stop its consumption. However, it is important to recognize when certain shows participate in this stereotype, so we don’t normalize or perpetuate the sexualization of Asian women like Japan has.

Of course, with all of these pastimes of a Southern California Halloween comes the ultimate tradition of dressing up as a person you may or may not want to be in real life. Here is my rating on a scale of 1-10 of these festive Halloween outfits. 

With this attention has come worldwide civilian commentary about the state of Iran and its religion. However, the one group that seems to be excluded from this discourse is Iranian women themselves.

On Sept. 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away, taking 70+ years of British atrocities to the grave with her. Now, her son, King Charles III, has taken her place as the public head of a country that has ransacked many other nations for money, natural resources and territory.

The New University asked UCI students for their opinions on voting and why it matters to them. Here are four students and their...