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Krom, Chemerinsky Speak at Crystal Cove Auditorium
48th District Democratic candidate Beth Krom will make an appearance at the Crystal Cove Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
She will be joined by Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America and UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. The event will look to brief students on Krom’s views of supporting higher education.
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UCI Seeks to Suspend Muslim Student Union
The Los Angeles Times reports that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union has been suspended by the university for at least a year, based on the group’s protest of Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s presentation at UCI back on February 9, 2010. The MSU has appealed the recommendation, and thus the suspension has yet to be implemented.
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Library Renamed
The library will be renamed after Francisco J. Ayala, an evolutionary biologist who donated his $1.5 million Templeton Prize to UCI.
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Body Found at UCI
The body of a man was found around 7:40 p.m. last night, April 15. According to an email from Chief of UCI Police Department, Paul Henisey, through the office of Vice Chancellor of Administration and Business Services, Wendell C. Brase, the body was discovered by two hikers in the brush near the campus observatory at [...]
Anti-Admin Graffiti
Graffiti was written on the Cross-Cultural Center this weekend,
Apr. 10 or 11 which seemed to reveal a sentiment of anti-administration.More graffiti was found on the doors of Aldrich Hall.
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“Dispersal of Knowledge” Pushes Protests Forward
On Wednesday, March 10, a group of about 60 students gathered in the Ring Room of the Cross Cultural Center for the first meeting in a series called “Dispersal of Knowledge.
Town Hall Discussion Held for Post-March 4 Activism
On Wednesday, March 10, a group of about 60 students gathered in the Ring Room of the Cross Cultural Center for the first meeting in a series called “Dispersal of Knowledge.” After the March 4 action at UC Irvine, in which 800 students marched in support of education reform, many students wanted to find [...]
March 4 Protest Takes to the Streets
Hundreds of UCI students, workers and faculty gathered outside Aldrich Hall in front of the flagpoles to protest the increased tuition and deep cuts to public education. The rally began at noon with picketers and led to a series of speakers who spoke out against recent budget cuts.
At 1:25pm, the demonstrators began marching around Ring [...]
17 Arrested For Sit-In In Aldrich Hall
On Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010 at approximately 9:30 a.m., 17 members of the UC Irvine community entered the fifth floor of Aldrich Hall and held a sit-in that would last until 11:20 a.m., when the first arrests began. The group, composed of 12 undergraduate students, two graduate students, and three service [...]
Mysterious Letters Sent to UC Irvine Campus
Letters from Idaho containing white powder with the words “black death” printed inside have been found in the mailboxes of seemingly random UC Irvine faculty this week.