Subject: Higher Education

• With Friends Like These

  September 2, 1999

• Who Would Jesus Discriminate Against?

  Although it lacks the economic punch of Christmas, Easter is, in theory, the biggest of Christian holidays. "[A]nd if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." according to Paul (1 Corinthians 15:14), whose opinion on the matter commands a certain respect. So how to show respect for the message of Jesus Christ in this Easter season? Eggs? Naturally, but not quite enough. Have children roll the eggs? Better, but there's still room for improvement. Have childr

  April 17, 2006

• New Lessons for CSU students

  Earlier this month when the governor's budget plan was unveiled, three groups-- poor families with children, teachers, and college students at UC's and CSU's-- were particularly singled out for sacrifice, so the gov. could cling to his no new taxes pledge. CSU students are expect to part with an additional 10% above and beyond than they are paying now. There are many reasons for this proposed increase, and one of the less widely advertised uses for the students' money can be found in this mor

  January 23, 2007

• Them That's Got

  If you belong to one of the groups targeted for a good squeezin' called on to sacrifice in the governor's budget plan-- college students, public school teachers, families on welfare-- rest assured that the truly needy will still be well taken care of. Kate Folmar reports in the San Jose Mercury News: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to boost spending on his personal office next year by more than 5 percent, even as a lean budget prompts him to limit welfare grants and ask college students to pay

  March 26, 2007

• CA soon to spend more on prisons than education!

  According to an article today by James Sterngold in the San Francisco Chronicle, California will soon have the dubious honor of being the first state to spend more on prisons than higher education. Sterngold says that beginning in fiscal 2012-2013 the state will spend $15.4 billion annually on incarcerating prisoners—$100 million more a year than on colleges and universities. The story quotes Orange County Republican Assemblyman Todd Spitzer—a former reserve cop, prosecutor and cou

  May 21, 2007

• Muslim Bashers of Orange County Unite!

  Want to start a jihad against jihadis? You'll get your chance this October, when the David Horowitz Freedom Center plans to organize "the biggest conservative campus protest ever" with something called Islamo-Facism Awareness Week in college campuses across America. It didn't surprise us that UC Irvine is amongst the universities that will host the event, due to the campus' wacky Muslims (read Reut Cohen's fascinating blog for more details), but Cal State Fullerton and Santa Ana College? The onl

  August 24, 2007

• More love for Chemerinsky

  Chapman University announced just a few moments ago that it has locked in recently reinstated UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to be its law school graduation commencement speaker next year. The announcement is the most recent illustration of Chemerinsky's quick ascension from ashy to classy. Chapman is taking the high ground saying, not only is it ok with Chemerinsky's possible "polarizing" politics, it welcomes them. According to the release, Chapman Law dean John Eastman supports Chem

  September 17, 2007

• Chapman responds to outlaw fraternity

  As reported yesterday on Navel Gazing, a group hoping to start a Jewish Fraternity at Chapman, see [Scarlet Letters, May 10] has issued a warning through the American Civil Liberties Union that the school cease what they consider violations of their First Amendment rights on campus or face the consequences. Read yesterday's post here. The ACLU vaguely threatened legal action if Chapman does not immediately allow the students to wear their shirts on campus as well as other public displays of th

  October 4, 2007

• Activists protest hate at Cal State Fullerton

  At noon, the ho-hum shuffle of another Tuesday afternoon was interrupted with a jarring burst of voices. They echoed from the Cal State Fullerton quad in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences building. A noose was throw over a tree branch and dropped in the dirt. Today students from across L.A. and Orange County had a lynching. A lynching of intolerance. A stuffed effigy riddled with hateful slogans was held swinging from a noose in the background of a protest at CSUF's anti-hate rally. A

  February 19, 2008

• Freeway Fliers

  August 26, 1999

• School for Scandal

  October 14, 1999

• Bandwidth on the Run

  March 9, 2000

• Credit Goes to No One

  April 1, 2004

• Chris Porter

  February 12, 2009

• John R. Wooden Classic

  December 11, 2008

• Taken to School

  Judge dismisses a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by professors alleging class-hour fraud against Chapman University

  November 8, 2007

• Who Watches the Watchdog?

  In the shadow of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, Chapman University is accused of being a bit too close to its accrediting agency

  September 27, 2007

• Litigating It Old-School

  Former Chapman instructors invoke a Civil War-era law in their multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the university

  August 2, 2007

• Beer, Beer, Beer

  May 2, 2002

• Scarlet Letters

  Chapman U. dean under scrutiny for scolding outcast fraternity

  May 10, 2007

• Know Your Most Popular Spring Break Destinations

  According to 2004 hotel bookings at Travelweb.com

  March 8, 2007

• Happy 10th Birthday, FVC!

  Now all OCs only cinematheque needs are more film geeks to help blow out the candles
  

  January 18, 2007

• Happiness is a Warm Crock

  Family values renewed cant save Richard Dressers latest production

  January 11, 2007

• The Englishman Who Went Up the 405 but Came Down a Screenwriter

  OCs Chris Billett goes from writing code to writing about cadavers

  November 16, 2006

• Top 10 Party Schools

  March 9, 2006

• Bomb Voyage

  August 11, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 10, 2005

• No Entiendo

  March 10, 2005

• Girls Gone Not So Wild

  February 3, 2005

• The Ghost Between the Sheets

  November 4, 2004

• Shelter

  June 10, 2004

• The For-Profit College Follies!

  California Coast University takes a Swan dive

  May 20, 2004

• Parking Sluts

  January 8, 2004

• You Ain't Inventing Jack

  October 23, 2003

• Illegal Immigrants vs. College Students

  October 9, 2003

• Affirmative Action for Whites

  July 10, 2003

• Campus Radicals

  May 15, 2003

• No Justice, No Teach

  October 31, 2002

• Cram It In

  Where to eat after an all-nighter

  September 26, 2002

• Shake That Ass!

  Theres a club for every taste

  September 26, 2002

• The T Word

  November 1, 2001

• Sound, Fury, Waste

  July 6, 2000

• Those Picket Signs?

  February 11, 1999

• Welcome to Virtual U

  September 10, 1998

• Give It the Old College Guide*

  September 10, 1998

• Adventures in Advertising

  November 21, 1996

• UC Irvine Issues Alert About a Rifleman on Campus

  UC Irvine officials issued a telephone text message to students this afternoon warning about "a suspicious man carrying a possible rifle" on campus on Mesa Drive near the Bren Events Center.According to the message, obtained by the Weekly, the subject is a white male, 6-feet, 180 pounds, blond hair, wearing a beige outfit and boots.A student on campus now reports police and law enforcement helicopter activity near the center of campus.3:15 p.m. UPDATE: Law enforcement sources say the incident is

  May 20, 2009

• 'No Entiendo'

  March 10, 2005

• The Best Dessert You've Never Heard Of

  ​The picture at left is a mango shake with chamoy, the most mindbending non-alcoholic drink in all of OC. Never heard of chamoy?  Neither have most people in Orange County.Chamoy (accent on the first syllable) starts as apricots that have been soaked in brine. The sweet liquid is mixed with salt and chile powder, then cooked down to a syrup. The dried fruit leather that's left over is called saladitos and is eaten on its own as a snack.Natural, a Mexican fruit shop next to a Carl's Jr. on

  October 20, 2009

• UCI Anteaters Bound for Bruinsville to Protest Tuition Hikes

  ​All eyes from the University of California system, and some from outside it, will be on UCLA today and tomorrow. No, not to observe the Bruins licking their wounds from Monday night's embarrassing loss to Cal State Fullerton on the Pauley Pavilion hardwood. It's at UCLA where the UC Board of Regents, the governing body over the 10-campus system, will vote today on whether to implement 32 percent tuition hikes in the face of massive budget shortfalls. On Thursday, the board is scheduled t

  November 18, 2009