CHRONICLES OF GNARNIA: We are nearing Cachuma Lake. Huge green hills are on either side of me. I can see them outside the freeway through the windshield, bushes spotting around, and everything is bald-looking. "Mark! America!" says my dad, sitting in the driver seat.
AWKWARD SITUATIONS: It's often said that people change a lot when they come to college. But the majority of people do not change so drastically that they start to cross-dress.
Sleep longer or go to class; chocolate or vanilla; Coke or Sprite; iced or hot; soy or nonfat; burger or burrito; chicken or beef: everyday, we are bombarded with a plethora of options.
College professors from the University of Central Florida argue that their students are increasingly illiterate in the field of physics. They believe movies like "Speed" and "Spider-Man" only perpetuate ignorance about science. Statistical evidence supports these trends, despite the fact that common sense would affirm that events in movies are created by stuntmen and special effects.
The Way I See It: I'm going to veer a bit off course from my previous columns because I need to get something off my chest. It's been going on for a while, this whole sleeping together with no strings attached thing.
Skeptics like to point out that school spirit is an ongoing challenge for UC Irvine. However, the first annual Care-A-Thon event from Associated Students of UCI's Spirit Commission is a bold attempt to revive school spirit by uniting the UCI community toward a common cause.
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