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UCI alum Giovanni Chavez runs for Santa Ana City Council

Giovanni Chavez, a 2017 UC Irvine alumnus, is running for Santa Ana City Council’s Ward 6 seat. He is campaigning for affordable housing and city services, including increased renter protections and investment in youth programs. Chavez, a lawyer and former president of California Young...

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Irvine City Council discusses budget deficits and other pressing issues

The Irvine City Council met to discuss several issues facing the city at the City Hall in Civic Center Plaza on Oct. 13. Council members focused on proposals to manage Irvine’s budget deficit, the sale and distribution of kratom and updates to Irvine’s zoning ordinance.  Irvine’s budget is projected to reach a $37 million deficit by fiscal year 2028. As a result, city staff are currently designing a plan that will save and cut expenditures, such as suspending citywide events.  One of the proposed suspended citywide events is CicloIrvine, an event where 1.3 miles of Irvine Boulevard is closed for biking, running and rolling. According to City Manager Sean Joyce, this...

Irvine City Council discusses budget deficits and other pressing issues

The Irvine City Council met to discuss several issues facing the city at the City Hall in Civic Center Plaza on Oct. 13. Council members focused on proposals to...

UCI alum Giovanni Chavez runs for Santa Ana City Council

Giovanni Chavez, a 2017 UC Irvine alumnus, is running for Santa Ana City Council’s Ward 6 seat. He is campaigning for affordable housing and city services, including increased renter...

Le Patin Libre’s ‘Melt’ reimagines skating at the Barclay

Le Patin Libre brought “Melt” to the Irvine Barclay Theater stage on Oct. 11, a skating performance using original choreography and orchestration to create an “intimacy and weirdness impossible...

Opinion

How to vote as a college student

Young college students are not politically apathetic. They are inexorably concerned about the cost of living, access to health insurance, human rights and the regulations that will determine their daily livelihoods. Students are also...

Title IX should protect students, not silence them

The U.S. Department of Education rescinded the Biden Administration’s 2024 Title IX rules from the Code of Federal Regulations on Sept. 28, replacing them with rules adopted during Donald Trump’s first presidential term in...

Student newspapers have a responsibility to speak up

The recent editorial work of the Cornell Daily Sun and the swift impact of it should be a reminder to campus newspapers everywhere of what student journalism can do. On Sept. 21, the paper...

The New University enters its 58th year of publication 

On Sept. 23, 1968 the Associated Students of UC Irvine (ASUCI) published Volume 1, Issue 1 of our beloved campus newspaper. Just shy of the three year anniversary of the school itself, the print...

Xo Kylie? Meta’s AI glasses and problematic marketing

Kylie Jenner might be one of the only celebrities who can be the face of a marketing campaign and not show her own face in the ad. In collaboration with apparel and eyewear company...

AI shouldn’t become a new political weapon

Political campaigning has never been a pretty process, but as unregulated generative AI continues to improve, it’s easier than ever for politicians to put on appearances. It doesn’t matter whether AI should be part of...

Entertainment

Coach Lasso returns for the Lady Greyhounds

After a three-year hiatus, Apple TV’s hit sports comedy-drama “Ted Lasso” returned for a fourth season on Aug. 5. The ten-episode run was crowned and concluded with the final...

Wired earbuds, acoustic guitars and the myth of millennial...

It’s 2012. Barack Obama has just been re-elected, The Hunger Games is ruling the box office and Mumford & Sons are making banjos sound like a reasonable life choice....

Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic Tour’ left fans with a...

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars recently embarked on his tour, The Romantic Tour, beginning on April 10 at the Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium. In February, Mars released his newest album,...

Noah Kahan’s ‘Draw You Out’: Why it’s always District...

Noah Kahan’s track “Draw You Out” — the lead single from “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — The Album,” releasing Nov. 13 — dropped on Oct. 12....

Sports

UCI Men’s Soccer leaves Bakersfield with 0-0 draw

The UC Irvine Men’s Soccer team (6-5-2, 2-1-1 Big West) notched a scoreless tie against their conference-rival, the California...

Women’s Soccer beats out Cal State Bakersfield, 2-0

UC Irvine Women’s Soccer secured its first home conference win of the season against Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday,...

UC Irvine Women’s Tennis signs two new players

UC Irvine Women’s Tennis welcomed two new players to their team this 2026-27 school year: Rachel Gee and Montana...

UCI Athletics reintroduces VAR for 2026 soccer season

After UC Irvine Athletics paused the use of video assistant referee (VAR) during the 2025 soccer season, UCI reintroduced...

UC Irvine Men’s Tennis wraps up strong 2025-26 season

The UC Irvine Men’s Tennis (14-8, 5-1) closed out their 2025-26 season at the Big West Championships on April...

UCI Indoor Track adds two in attempt to repeat

The UC Irvine Women’s Indoor Track & Field team has added two freshmen to their roster in an attempt...

Women’s Soccer falls 2-0 to Washington State

UCI Women’s soccer lost their second away game of the season 2-0 to Washington State University on Aug 27.  The...

UC Irvine Women’s Track and Field adds six transfers

The UC Irvine Women’s Track and Field has signed six athletes from other schools, including a second team All-American...

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