The New University Volume 46 Issue 28 : Page 5
NEW UNIVERSITY | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 NEWS | PAGE 5 Anteaters Show They Mean ‘Business’ Women in Business (WIB) bring back “Anteaters Got Talent” for the first time in two years, restarting an annual tradition. By Silvia Jiang “Women In Business” (WIB), an on-campus graduate students organization for the master’s pro-gram, invited students and fac-ulty members from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business to present a show called Anteaters Got Talent on Friday, May 10. “This used to be a tradition. However, the past two years it didn’t happen. So I thought we gotta bring it back. I love watching people show off what they got,” Neena Dass, president of WIB for 2012 and 2013, said. The show was held in a friendly competition form with 15 teams on various performances, includ-ing singing, rapping, dancing, reciting, golf juggling and play-ing taiko drums. Over 100 audi-ence members voted through their smartphones at the end for the top four winners. Gary Lindblad, assistant dean and director of the masters pro-gram, played the guitar and sang two songs, written by himself, while the audience was voting. Through the lyrics, he closed the show by praising people’s talents and encouraging the international students to keep bringing out the best in them. “When I say business, you say women!” he said, as the audience responded in kind. The audience was very much involved in every moment. There were many interactions between them and the performances during the entire show. Sometimes they sang along with the singers; some-times audience members stood up to show their support; and at other times they couldn’t stop cheering or clapping their hands. Caroline Shen, a full-time mas-ters student, and her dancing part-ner Roberto Cavallo were voted as the champions of the friendly competition. Shen has been learning inter-national dance long enough to be a professional dancer. During this year, she and Cavallo will have five more dancing performances. “I really like this event,” Shen said. “It’s well-organized. I think they did a great job of putting it all together.” Cammei Yang, a fully-employed master’s student, and Yuanne, a UCI alumna, received fourth place. They performed a song mixed of “Titanium” and “Try” in their own style. Shen and Cavallo and their dancing act earned them esteemed recognition as the competition’s champions. Third place went to Lyn Phaerakkakit, a full-time master’s student, and her band. The runner-up went to a dance team called “Bollywood dance,” which was composed of eight students and staff members. Nenna Dass said she is trying to make this event an annual activity again. For this year, she found many sponsors, such as Veggie Grill and MARLIN AGOUB | Staff Photographer QSD, for the awards and sound equipment. Dass said she hopes this year’s success could encourage the presi-dent for the next year to keep this as a tradition. News Are you interested in finding out how you can become involved with the official campus newspaper for the upcoming year? Come talk to us now, and put your journalism and writing skills to good use! news@newuniversity.org Join us at our weekly Tear-up meetings on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the newsroom! N Week, I hope that this remains an integral part of the Biological Sciences, and that this continues for many years to come. In addi-tion, I hope to increase the amount of partnerships we have in the future in order to increase school-wide involvement.” Uniting BioSci Students Bringing Biological Sciences students together, ASUCI and the BSC collaborated to welcome back the 2nd annual Bio Week. By Ryan Wallace Staff Writer In an attempt to foster a sense of unity and pride within the school of Biological Sciences (BioSci) at UC Irvine, the Bio Sci Student Council partnered with the Legislative Council Biological Sciences Representatives to bring the second annual “Bio Week” to UC Irvine last week, May 6-10. “The BioSci Student Council has been very grateful to be able to partner with the Biological Sciences Representatives for Bio Week,” Vice President of Public Affairs for the Biological Sciences Student Council (BSC), Newsha Dowlaty, said. “What we wanted to accomplish with Bio Week was to bring biological sciences stu-dents closer together and to create a feeling of camaraderie within the school of biological sciences through our activities.” The five days of events focused on bringing students, faculty and professors together through events and contests intended on providing students with helpful information in an informal setting. “We wanted to provide students with resources and insight into life after UCI, which is why we had our panels and we wanted to create a space where students could inter-act with professors in a setting out-side the classroom,” Dowlaty said. Students were asked to partici-pate in workshops, roundtables, social events and giveaways all week long, hearing from profes-sors, past colleagues and volunteer organizations about what awaits graduating Bio Sci majors in the future. Collaborating heavily with ASUCI to bring the event to fruition for a second year in a row, the Bio Sci Student Council worked with Biological Sciences Representatives this past year in determining how the week would be structured and what events would take place. “The Biological Sciences Representatives have always felt that although Biological Sciences majors are a large percentage of the school’s population, they aren’t adequately represented in ASUCI,” Vice President of Student Affairs for BSC and Biological Sciences Representative, Kleshie Baisie, said. “Planning, and actively par-ticipating in this event allowed us to gain more visibility amongst our peers, and allowed us to really have fun with our constituents. In addition, as Biological Sciences majors, we understand large scale structural and cultural change that Bio Week is hoping to eventually enact, can only occur with partner-ships, such as the one made with the BSC.” Student participation during the week was critical, although only a fraction of the biological sciences community elected to participate in the individual events. Students were able to share stories of their own struggles, seek advice and let their voices be heard in the bio sci community as they elected the student-awarded title for “Best Professor” to Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Peter Bowler. “I really hope that Biological Sciences Week can grow,” Baisie said. “Having been one of the founders of the Biological Sciences Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Peter Bowler, is named “Best Professor” by BioSci students. COURTESY OF DHARA WAGELA
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