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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 [...]
Class of 2013 Considers Gift
Seniors plan to raise $15,000 towards revamping the Student Center Terrace Stage. The Class of 2013 Senior Gift Campaign is currently underway with a goal of raising $15,000 to renovate the Student Center Terrace Stage. The project would create a new awning for the stage, complete with lights, sound equipment and tools necessary to [...]
Rockin’ the Denim
The CARE office raises awareness about sexual violence through fashionable means — including jeans. The Campus Assault Resources and Education (CARE) Office at UC Irvine held its annual Denim Day in accordance with the national campaign to raise awareness against sexual violence on Wednesday, April 24. “Denim Day started as a protest to a [...]
Fraternity Video Stuns Campus
Members of Lambda Theta Delta release video featuring blackface. Students respond with outrage and calls for action. Members of the Lambda Theta Delta (LTD) fraternity released a racially-charged video on their official YouTube page featuring a student in blackface that went viral on April 24 and instantly sparked controversy among the campus community. The [...]
ASUCI Spring 2013 Election Results:
EXECUTIVE President: Nicole Hisatomi Executive Vice President: Melissa Gamble Administrative Affairs Vice President: Tony Tizcareno Academic Affairs Vice President: Skyla Zhang Student Services Vice President: Dominique Doan REFERENDUMS Save SOAR: DID NOT PASS Bus Love Initiative: PASS Measure U: PASS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL At Large: Jonathan Contreras, Naalia Mohammed, David Hollingsworth Biological Sciences: Rame Bashir Engineering: Rahim Siddiq [...]
Wayzgoose Unites ’Eaters
The 42nd annual celebration of UC Irvine boasted more clubs and a greater turnout than in recent years. ASUCI organized the 42nd annual Wayzgoose festival on Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in Aldrich Park for the UCI community, as well as for prospective students and parents. Also known as Celebrate UCI, [...]
Paradigm ‘Shifa’
Health clinic run by pre-medical collegiate students intends to function through preventative methods. UC Irvine students who seek to join the medical field now have a variety of opportunities available for them in the form of the Shifa Student-Run Free Clinic, an organization made up of undergraduates, medical students and doctors who provide free medical [...]
Lighting Up The Night
Held annually, the 2013 Take Back the Night called for social awareness on the subject of rape and sexual abuse plaguing society. Students, faculty and guests gathered at the steps leading up to the campus flagpoles on Wednesday evening to commemorate the annual Take the Night event hosted by UCI’s Campus Assault Resources and Education (CARE). [...]
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 [...]
2013 ASUCI Spring Elections – Referendums
PLACE YOUR VOTE AT: https://www.elections.uci.edu/ Anteater Express (Bus Love) Initiative What does the referendum ask for? The Anteater Express (Bus Love) Initiatvive asks for a new $8 quarterly fee for all undertraduate students starting in fall 2013. The fee will increase annually by $8 per quarter until it reaches $40 by 2018-19 to support the [...]
