Archive for Category: "Features"

25Jan
2013

iPhone Apps for the Muslim Student

Along with the Angry Birds games, there are also a plethora of Islam oriented apps. I’ve highlighted a few iPhone apps that I personally use which help keep me on track as a Muslim college student balancing social life and academics.

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23Jan
2013

Real Talk: Assumptions

One of our biggest mistakes is assuming the worst of one another. We witness one small, random action and allow our minds to warp it into something entirely different. We develop an entire story line and come to conclusions, all based off of one small data point.

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17Jan
2013

The City of a Thousand Minarets

Each city possesses a distinctive smell that is completely its own. When I stepped into Cairo for the first time as I exited the airport, the air smelled like warmth and earth. It was a stark contrast to the crisp clean scent of the home I had left behind.

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15Jan
2013

How to Have a Productive School Quarter

People say that in the quarter systems, you are already behind on the first day. For many freshmen and transfer students, fall quarter tends to be one of the most challenging academically. Fortunately, the start of winter quarter coincides with the time in which many people partake in new year’s resolutions. Here are some ways to get started…

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5Jan
2013

Top 10 Visited Articles of 2012

Take a look at our most visited articles of 2012. If your favorite piece didn’t make the list, link it in the comments section below.

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22Dec
2012

The Three R’s to Sustainability

Sustainability means to use resources carefully, live within our means and to leave a thriving planet for future generations. The Three R’s are the fundamentals of living sustainably: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Below are some examples of how we can implement the three R’s.

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29Nov
2012

Why We Should Care about Global Climate Change

Last month, lives were lost, homes were destroyed and thousands were evacuated when Hurricane Sandy took its toll on the East Coast. Of course this isn’t the first hurricane or natural disaster this nation or planet has faced. And it definitely will not be the last.

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20Nov
2012

The “Thanksgiving Creep”

This recent trend of earlier opening hours, now termed the “Thanksgiving Creep”, should make all of us reflect on what this says about our values and priorities. As Thanksgiving Creep cuts its way through family dinners and gatherings, Thanksgiving no longer becomes about giving “thanks” or spending time with loved ones, it becomes first about hunting for the best deals of the holiday sales.

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13Nov
2012

UC Irvine students pass historic legislation urging divestment from human rights abuses in Israel

UC Irvine students pass historic legislation urging divestment from human rights abuses in Israel

(IRVINE, CALIF., 11/13/2012) – In an historic move that could initiate a domino effect across America’s campuses, the Associated Students of UC Irvine voted unanimously to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine, including from companies that contribute to illegal settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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7Nov
2012

Elections 2012: Re-election of President Obama

In Photos: Elections 2012 results in the re-election of President Barack Hussein Obama.

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