I admit, I was a bit (okay, maybe more that JUST a bit) nervous as I sat in the theater waiting to see The Fault in Our Stars. After all, how could any film adaption live up to the beauty and simplicity author John Green had so expertly woven together in his novel of the same name? I …
A Different Approach to Handling the Iraq Crisis
In his speech, President Obama said that the solution to the Iraq Crisis is not to send U.S. troops to combat, instead the “Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences” and create their own path. While President Obama is willing to send 300 U.S. military advisors to train local Iraqi law enforcement to protect their country against groups like ISIS …
Summer Comedy 22 Jump Street is worth the time and money
It is commonly thought that the sequel to a movie is never as good as the original. In fact, most people say that the sequel ruins the original film. Well, that is not the case with 22 Jump Street, the sequel to the hilarious 21 Jump Street. 22 Jump Street left the laughing audience holding their sides …
Chinese and Germans Expand Automotive Partnership
Chinese drivers are somewhat resistant to electric cars, despite the intense popularity of reducing carbon footprint shared by many countries worldwide, especially the United States. The Beijing Auto Show featured the Denza electric car which will sell at the price equivalent to $59,100 USD. Sales of the Denza will start in September. Denza is German and Chinese inspired, as it …
Red Carpet Rolled Out for Rad Student Leaders of UC Merced
The Office of Student Life (OSL) rolled out the red carpet this year for the recognized leaders of our campus. Those who walked the red carpet earned their invitation after being nominated, and selected as an official finalist. “If they took this much time to go over this many nominees, it’s a honor to be here,” said Kalvin Ogbuefi, a …
Trouble Along the Nile River
Egypt, Sudan, and nine other countries depend on the Nile, the world’s longest river, for water. Controversy over the waters soared with Ethiopia’s recent construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) along the Blue Nile, the largest dam to be built in Africa. Ethiopia plans to sell surplus electricity, produced by the dam, to other countries. Egypt argues that …
Bare Necessities Success
The Office of Student Life (OSL) hosted their second Bare Necessities 5k Run on Friday, May 2, 2014. The Run was designed to bring awareness and clothing to Merced’s homeless population. For two weeks prior to the event, bins were placed around campus so students can drop off their gently used or new clothes to be donated to the Merced …
UC Merced Women of Influence
I came to UC Merced because of Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the school’s founding chancellor, but I didn’t know that until one month before my college graduation. My senior year of high school, UC Merced appealed to me, that much I knew. There was that oblique chance that I could develop skills I otherwise wouldn’t at another university, I decided to enroll. …
Commencement Speakers, Vanessa and Jaime
With graduation upon the seniors of UC Merced, two students in particular are gearing up for the day of their commencement: Vanessa Estavillo, a Management major with a minor in Writing, and Jaime Sweet, an Environmental Engineering major. Estavillo and Sweet went through a tedious process to be chosen as the 2014 Commencement Student speakers. “I had to apply, send …
The Ultimate Dance Battle: Dance Off 2014
Merced Theater became a battleground for the three of UC Merced’s Dance groups as they faced off in the eighth Annual UC Merced Dance Off in hopes of winning the Goblet of Cadency trophy on April 26. Before the performance, Courtney Evans, the President of INTRO (Inspiring Notions Through Ranges of Movement) expressed her excitement about the event. “I don’t …