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Summer Session Reflection

After finishing summer session classes at UCI for the first time this year, I felt grateful for the...

Responding to Charlottesville

The scenes gracing my computer screen last week - snapshots of torch-bearers raising Nazi salutes and strings of white supremacist rhetoric to the...

The Hypocrisy of UCI’s “Commitment to Diversity”

In his recent statement following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, Chancellor Howard Gillman concluded by saying, “In the face of this terrifying close-mindedness,...

Commencement Speeches are Necessary for Graduate Guidance

It is that time of the year when business people, artists and politicians go to colleges - not to learn or lecture (at...

UCI Students’ Summer Sublease Struggle

As June begins, summer taunts UCI students as we battle our last week of classes and cram for final exams. Dreams of summer...

Learning to Break Barriers Between TAs and Students

Teaching assistants, or TAs, are a large part of how universities such as UCI run their classes. They facilitate discussion sections, labs, and...

Letter To The Editor: UC Lecturers Win Retirement Benefits

To the editor: I'm a lecturer in the Composition Program here at UCI. I'm writing to thank you at the New U for covering...

Refusing to Carry Traditional Ideas to the Next Generation

“Are you serious?” my little brother asked with his face scrunched up. My parents were throwing a dinner party for their friends, and...

Where Does Greek Life Stand In The Wake Of Tragedy?

A Question of Morals: Greek Life in the Wake of Tragedy On a dark night in February, a young man who joined an...

The Quarter System is Not as Bad as You Think

The summer vacation season has begun…except for at most UCs. Last week marked the end of the academic year at many semester...

eSports Arena Takes Campus Gaming to the Next Level

The UCI eSports Arena, although quiet about the progress it has made in developing competitive gaming on college campuses, has made impressive strides...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Modern Technology in the Classroom

Times are changing, but today’s schools struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of constantly-evolving technology. Many classrooms across the U.S....

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