Author Archive for Braden Buckel
Iranian Nuclear Program No Threat
Former Iranian Ambassador insists Iranian Nuclear Program is for peaceful purposes only. Former Iranian Ambassador to Germany, Seyed Hossien Mousavian, defended Iran’s domestic nuclear program and insisted that Iran was not developing nuclear weapons at a presentation last Thursday night. His presentation at Social Sciences Plaza A 1100 was part of Global Zero’s “A World [...]
Discussion on Disabilities
ASUCI hosts an open environment for the disabilities community on campus to discuss their experiences. Representatives of the Disability Services Center (DSC) and ASUCI President traci ishigo laid out plans to expand services to students with disabilities at UC Irvine and to create a student organization to help promote the interests of the disabled [...]
Exploring the ‘Prison Pipeline’
Dorsey Nunn, the founder of several prisoner’s rights groups, called on UC Irvine students to challenge California’s prison policy, otherwise known as the “School to Prison Pipeline,” at a presentation on Thursday, April 25 in the Crystal Cove Auditorium. The presentation was part of a campaign put forth by the Office of the Executive [...]
Initiative Struck Down in Legislative Council
Efforts to push for Greek representation in SPFB meets failure, but interested parties remain persistent. The ASUCI Legislative Council struck down a legislation that would have given a permanent seat to UCI’s Greek Community on ASUCI’s Student Program Funding Board (SPFB) at their meeting on Thursday, April 18. The legislation was voted down with a [...]
Hydrogen-Fueled ‘Express’
The Anteater Express will be adding a new hydrogen-fuel cell powered bus by the summer of 2014. The Anteater Express has secured the use of a $2.4 million hydrogen-fuel cell powered bus to help replace its aging fleet, after previous attempts to procure a similar bus failed. The bus will be an estimated 40 [...]
Communication & Technology
The CTO of Broadcom speaks on his 30-plus years of experience in working with technology and communications. Dr. Henry Samueli, distinguished electrical engineer and co-founder of the information technology and communication firm, Broadcom, gave a lecture to UC Irvine students and staff in the McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium last Thursday, March 7. An estimated [...]
Council Passes ‘SWANA’ Bill
While the legislation will have no direct impact, ASUCI will continue to push UCOP to include the SWANA category. The ASUCI Legislative Council recently passed a bill calling for the creation of a separate ethnic category for Southwestern Asian and North African students to be added to the UC applications (Resolution R48-34) at their meeting [...]
Legislation Calling for Diversity Fails to Pass
Representatives of the Leg.Council oppose resolution based on a lack of input from the administration. The ASUCI Legislative Council struck down resolution R48-33 at their meeting on Thursday, Feb. 14 in Woods Cove A. The resolution, which proposed that the UC system should add a Southwestern Asia/ North African ethnic category for student [...]
Council Hears Referendum Proposals
Representatives from TGIF, New University and UCSA present their proposals for student funding. Representatives from The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), the New University campus newspaper and University of California Student Association (UCSA) gave presentations to the ASUCI Legislative Council at their meeting on Tuesday, Jan 29. Members of TGIF requested the Council to approve proposed [...]
LARC to Increase Prices For Tutoring Services
Students voice their concerns as the LARC staff outlines the reasons behind the tutoring price increase. Students and administrators from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) gathered in Balboa Island Conference Room A on Tuesday, Jan. 22 to discuss the future of the Learning and Academic Resource Center (LARC) and how recent changes to the [...]
