Ruben Hipolito, a third-year biology and Spanish double-major, received a call on Jan. 22 from Keith Christopher, the professional director for the entire Sea Scout program. Christopher informed Hipolito that he had been chosen from a pool of over 3.5 million scouts for a special task...
If there was one story that has dominated the news more than it should have over the last few weeks, it was Chris Brown's assault on his girlfriend, Rihanna.
Abe stood 6 feet 3 inches and hailed from Humboldt County, CA. He described himself as laid-back and down-to-earth. In a sleepy drawl, he touched on the lack of marijuana use at UC Irvine. "Man, it is so hard to find bud in Irvine," Abe sighed.
Irvine Planeteer: It's almost that time of year: wildflower season. Last weekend I attended a pre-wildflower hike to see which species had begun to bud and flower. Wildflower season, beginning in March in Southern California, can be shockingly beautiful, depending on the amount of rainfall we receive in the winter and early spring.
Over 40 faces sat enraptured as they watched the UC Irvine Invisible Children club's premiere of the organization's newest documentary "The Rescue" this past Monday, March 2. As images of African children carrying machine guns flashed across the screen, students squirmed in their seats as they were faced with the reality of the 23-year long war currently raging in northern Uganda.
Khaled Abu Toameh speaks about the Israel-Hamas war. Toameh is an award-winning Arab-Israeli journalist for the Jerusalem Post who formerly wrote for the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
The UC Irvine Track and Field Program is back in action with this past weekend's All-UC meet at Anteater Stadium. Five different Anteaters beat out the rest of the UC System and won their respective events, but Lauren Collins was the highlight of the weekend. She set a new school record in the high jump, by lifting herself over the 6-foot bar.
