Tuesday, June 24, 2025
The film “Interstellar” is amazing. It is a futuristic take on the state of physical Earth, taking place in the future dustbowl of America. It centers on Cooper, the character played by Matthew McConaughey, an emotionally powerful former NASA pilot and farm-owner with two young children whom he is raising […]
The HBO original series Big Love is probably quite different from what most people are used to in their television dramas. The hour-long episodes are full of domestic conflict between main character Bill Henrickson (Paxton) and his three wives-Barbara, Nicolette and Margene. Barbara is his legal or “first” wife, and […]
Wednesday, November 13 was a day of “Alternative Thanksgiving” for the UCBA Office of Multicultural Affairs. The event, held in Walters 100, began with a brief group discussion of what each person’s Thanksgiving family traditions were. It also touched on media and societal influences on our perception of that first […]
UCBA English Professor Mike Roos’s new book, “One Small Town, One Crazy Coach,” is a very fun read. Even if you do not possess even the most basic knowledge of basketball, you will understand that this crazy, eclectic coach, Pete Gill, means business, and you will see how his small […]
The Netflix documentary “Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream” is a vulgarly blunt portrayal of modern-day America and its distribution of wealth. The one-hour documentary emphasizes how only a ten-minute trip across a bridge, from 740 Park Avenue, Manhattan, to the South Bronx, can clearly reveal how the […]
I have one thing to say about the UC Main Campus LGBTQ organization: Fantastic! It felt very powerful being in a room full of such diversity. With members of the community, as well as allies and others, such as myself, there for the first time to be “initiated,” it was […]
The LGBTQ of UC held a Safe Zone meeting at UCBA Thursday, October 24. The purpose of the meeting was to renew the membership of current members and to recruit new members and allies. Led by T.N. Vaught, Program Coordinator at UC Clifton Campus, the meeting commenced with a PowerPoint […]
November 1 marks the absolute deadline for withdrawal from Fall Semester Classes, UCBA Associate Dean Marlene Miner announced last week. Students can withdraw online or by submitting to One-Stop a withdrawal form signed by both the student and the professor. Either way, the professor may assign a “W” (which does […]
This spring, the UCBA Behavioral Science Department will be offering a new course to be taught by Dr. Todd M. Callais. The course, titled Pop Culture in Society: Special Topics in Sociology, will be covering various facets of popular culture, such as production, distribution, form, contents, artists and audiences. One […]
This Spring Semester the UCBA Behavioral Science Department will be featuring a new course, Special Topics in Psychology: Disabilities, PSYC 2095-001. The class, which will meet Tuesdays 11-12:20 will be a hybrid course taught by Dr. Diane Fiebel, Professor of Psychology and Licensed Psychology. Says Dr. Fiebel, “This course will […]