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Student Center on Track Despite Setbacks

In late January, the Associated Students of UC Irvine legislative council passed Bill R 41-42 in response to concerns that the Student Center construction would go over budget and that amenities would need to be cut back as a result.

Many ‘Faces of Africa’ Filled With Hope

When Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher met in the late 1970s they began a journey across sub-Saharan Africa, envisioning that one day they would create 'a colorful, comprehensive, detailed record of the most important ceremonies that brought African indivi

State Department of Health Services Faults UCIMC in Patient Suici

When an 18-year-old patient in the neuropsychiatric ward of the UC Irvine Medical Center committed suicide on Dec. 14, the California Department of Health Services began an investigation to determine whether the hospital could have taken measures to preve

Share Our Selves in Santa Ana

Partying in Rosarito was no spring break ideal for some UC Irvine students on a mission. While classmates hit the beach, volunteers for the Share Our Selves Medical Clinic of Costa Mesa were busy launching a community health fair to combat youth obesity.

Nobel Laureate Ties Environment and Peace

About 100 people without invitations were turned away from a lecture by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, who spoke at UC Irvine on March 20 in Humanities Instructional Building 100.

Senate Declares a Year of Study Abroad

If you were asked to locate Iraq on a world map, could you? According to a National Geographic global literacy survey, about 87 percent of students in the United States between the ages of 18 and 24 cannot. The survey went as far as to reveal that 11 perc

Philanthropy

It's a well-known fact that fraternities and sororities work for their surrounding communities largely through major annual philanthropies. In fact, the Greek community has been criticized for merely exchanging money, donating funds to one organization's

Fees May Increase After All

Gov. Schwarzenegger's budget proposal given early last month was far too charitable to universities. This was the main spirit of the message from the budget analysis of the State Legislative Analyst's Office's annual report on the governor's proposal for

The Vagina Monologue

'Ginny, I'd like you to give me a tragic Zen moan.' Excuse me? A what? I stood nerve-racked in the middle of a small lit stage in front of three strangers whom I've never met, but suddenly had to moan passionately to them.

ASUCI Pushes Shuttle Referendum

The Associated Students of UC Irvine has put forward Measure S: Shuttle Initiative on the Spring 2006 election ballots in an effort to raise money for additional funding to expand and ensure maintenance of the UCI shuttle system.

If You Can Hear Me: Face the Music, You My Friend, Are a Pussy

Recently, nerds were given something to grumble about when an iPod owner filed a federal lawsuit claiming that iPods cause hearing loss and are 'inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihoo

South OC Toll Road Planned

The anticipated extension of State Route 241 was recently approved by Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency after much controversy. Though it will resolve traffic congestion on Interstate 5, those who oppose it are concerned with the disturbanc

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