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LISTEN: RadioFlag combines traditional radio with newfangled social media, creating a new way to listen.

PROTEST: Members of the Los Angeles area assembled for the marginalized countries of Lybia and Syria.

INTERNATIONAL: UCI bolsters technological use in medicine with a recent collaboration with U of E and NBN.

Compiled by Gregory Yee, Maxine Wally and Ryan Wallace, Staff Writers.

For many college students, top spring break destinations include Cancun, Miami Beach, Las Vegas – essentially cities where sun is abundant, the beach is prime and bathing suits are the appropriate dress code. Traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska might round out the bottom of this list where temperatures can fluctuate between 30 degrees during the day to below zero at night, beaches are covered in ice and showing some skin would not be the best idea. However, on the morning of March 19, I hopped on a plane headed to Fairbanks, Alaska for my spring break.

It was her first time in San Diego. As Saori Shinozaki, fourth-year international student, sat in the van, she felt a burst of anxiety and excitement.

Kirie was sexually assaulted by a man in her family and became pregnant as a result. Scared, she kept her terrible secret hidden from her family. Kirie’s parents finally discovered what had happened and together, they filed a report.

OBITUARY: After a long and illustrious career, Professor Walter Fitch passes away at his home in Irvine.

MARRIAGE: What will be the next step for universal civil unions? UCI professors weigh in on the topic.

FORUM: A townhall meeting held on March 31 questions the future of the UC in lieu of severe cuts.

Compiled by Suzanne Casazza and Gregory Yee, Staff Writers.

“Most of you set the curve in school, go off and do great things. These kids are 14, and they don’t know where they’re going to get their next meal.” These were the words spoken at the Dean of Students Winter Leadership Conference in January by Erin Gruwell, a UC Irvine alumna who has become famous throughout the realm of education.