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September 13, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Hiii Chemerinsky!
The Government has gone Plasma TV crazy: Even though they have an entire cable television channel to carry their lame communications, Santa Ana city officials are spending at least $242,000 more to install 10, 42-inch flat screen TVs at 10 public locations. These TVs will have no sound, and will br ... More >>
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September 14, 2007
Friday's Headlines: Blunt force trauma or natural causes?
Should UCI Chancellor Michael V. Drake step down? Drake's decision to drop scholar Erwin Chemerinsky for being too liberal to run UC Irvine's new law school has some faculty members calling for his resignation, reports the Times. More folks sue the sheriff: Last week, a Muslim lady sued Sheriff Car ... More >>
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September 15, 2007
Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Calling Nurse Ratched
UCI Cluster Fuck: News emerged today that Michael J. Schroeder, OC GOP heavyweight, participated with a group of 20 fellow Republicans to pressure the UCI Chancellor from hiring liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of the university's first law school. Michael V. Drake offered the job to Cheme ... More >>
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September 16, 2007
Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: Register UCI Panic!
OC Gym Crook Arrested in LA: Police arrested Ronald James Navarrette Jr. of Mission Viejo Friday in El Segundo for breaking into men's lockers at the Spectrum Athletic Club not far from LAX. Gym employees had been on the lookout for the 45-year-old crook they knew from surveillance video taken at o ... More >>
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September 17, 2007
Chemerinsky and Drake kiss and make up
UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake spent the weekend on his knees, begging Duke's Erwin Chemerinsky to return to the dean's post at UCI's law school after Drake dumped the guy for being too liberal last week. At 10:10 a.m., the Times reported that Drake traveled to Durham, N.C. over the weekend t ... More >>
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September 21, 2007
Friday's Headlines & Surprises: The Drake Two-Step
Dancing With the Fibber: UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake has inspired a new dance. We’re calling it the Drake Two-Step, and it goes like this: hire, lie, fire, lie, rehire, wiggle. For a story in today’s Times, Drake admits that he “bungled” the firing last week of Erwin Chemerinsky a ... More >>
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November 15, 2007
Monday - 11/19
“Honesty Is the New Black” at the ARTery, Erwin Chemerinsky at Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum
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October 4, 2007
"Only in New Jersey!"
And other important "local" stories on Daybreak OC
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September 27, 2007
Who (almost) Dunnit?
The world may never know who leaned on UCI's Michael Drake to unhire Erwin Chemerinsky
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May 8, 2009
UCI Muslim Student Union Event Draws Ire of Local Jews
As this promotional video shows, UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union is at it again, presenting 18 days of events this month under the banner "Israel: the Politics of Genocide." Among those coming to the campus through May 21 are: George Galloway, the British member of Parliament who speaks against th ... More >>
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May 11, 2009
U-C-I Sweatshirts Banned on Campus
A feature story by Colin Stack in today's edition of UC Irvine's student newspaper New University reveals that cotton sweatshirts with the familiar "U-C-I" capital letters across the chest have been effectively banned on campus since April 29.The ban has nothing to do with student self loathing--or ... More >>
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July 9, 2009
The First History Book About OC's African-American Community Tells Tales of Segregation, Triumph
A feature story by Colin Stack in today's edition of UC Irvine's student newspaper New University reveals that cotton sweatshirts with the familiar "U-C-I" capital letters across the chest have been effectively banned on campus since April 29.The ban has nothing to do with student self loathing--or ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
[BEST OF OC] El Profesor (the Professor): Erwin Chemerinsky
A feature story by Colin Stack in today's edition of UC Irvine's student newspaper New University reveals that cotton sweatshirts with the familiar "U-C-I" capital letters across the chest have been effectively banned on campus since April 29.The ban has nothing to do with student self loathing--or ... More >>
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May 25, 2009
Student Who Caused UCI Rifle Scare Apologizies
woodleywonderworks / Flickr / Creative CommonsOn Memorial Day, we remember sacrifices -- and don't really update Navel Gazing. But since you're here, how's this for sacrifice: Second-year UC Irvine student Christopher Proffitt has penned a letter to the campus taking full responsibility for causing ... More >>
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December 1, 2009
Crime Time: Alleged Rummy Mommy, Ex-Cop Robber, Sticky Fingers, Douches on (and Taking) Bikes and Really Bad Karaoke Singers
It's the Weekly's weekly police blotter--now with more alleged rummy mommies, ex-cop robbers, sticky fingers, douches on bikes and really bad karaoke singers.MONDAY, NOV. 23 Insert car here.That Walled-In Feeling A man crashing his black Toyota Corolla into a wall at the Shell gas station at Lake ... More >>
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February 15, 2010
Don't Fulminate, UCI Anteaters, Meditate!
Rejoice, Anteaters, because UC Irvine's leader has your back.Yes, yes, we all know that you are dealing with rising tuition and fees. And reduced services.And closed classes.And dirtier surroundings.And offices emptied due to furloughed professors, graduate assistants and staff members. But fret ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
ADL Opposes Jewish Boycott of UCI, Gently Admonishes Chancellor Drake
Not all organizations fighting anti-Semitism are the same. Take the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which announced opposition today to calls by "some in the Jewish community" to boycott UC Irvine over perceived anti-Israel activity on campus.Who would that "some" be? How about the Zionist Organiz ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
The "Irvine 11" Fights the Power
As they fill out their AARP membership cards, '60s burnouts can rejoice that a group of campus agitators has at last come along to rival the infamous Chicago Seven.Mamas and papas, introducing the "Irvine 11"! Something's happening here, and what it is ain't exactly kosher. The Irvine 11 are the ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Groups Step Up Opposition to Punishment for UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union
Meant to get this up yesterday, but a group that protects the legal rights of Asians and Pacific Islanders sent word that it has joined 14 other civil rights organizations and professional bar associations from across the nation in condemning the recommended suspension of UC Irvine's Muslim Stude ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Erwin Chemerinsky, UCI Law School Dean, Writes of Conservative War Against Constitution
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution (Simon & Schuster, $27) argues that beginning with Richard Nixon and continuing through to George W. Bush, conservative presidents and their supporters have tried to change basic constitutional principles through their policies and appointments ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
[UPDATE:] 19 UC Irvine Students and Supporters Face Criminal Charges for Protesting
Update, December 10, 12:41 p.m.: Occupy UCI!--"an autonomous body in Orange County attempting to subvert hegemonic, state-supporting/ed protest by promoting radical discourse and militant action"--is accusing campus administrations of conspiring with prosecutors when it came to the timing of ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted
UPDATED, FEB. 28, 8:33 A.M.: The Islamic Institute of Orange County hosts "Stand With the Irvine 11: Community Town Hall and Action" at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the IIOC Multipurpose Room, 1220 N. State College Blvd., Irvine.The event flier follows after the jump. (Also, scroll down a couple posts i ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted
Photos by Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklySeven of the Irvine 11UPDATE, MARCH 11, 4:08 P.M.: The arraignment of the Irvine 11 was continued this morning until April 15 so the court can consider defense motions to seal grand jury documents, remove the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) from the ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
"Irvine 11" Are Not Sole UCI Activists to Draw Heat from DA; Meet the "Irvine 19" (or 17 2)
As last year's surge of student activism fades from the public eye, the memory remains fresh among those who participated on the UC Irvine campus, as they prepare for their upcoming court hearings, more than a year after the actions for which they are being charged.Campus activism has kept Or ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Irvine 11 Plead Not Guilty to Misdemeanors; No Ruling on Defense Motion to Remove OCDA
Dressed in formal suits, button-up shirts and neat ties, the young men dubbed the "Irvine 11" appeared in court today, pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges of both interrupting and conspiring to interrupt a lecture held last year on the UC Irvine campus, in which Israeli Ambassador to the U ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
UCI Law School Wins ABA Accreditation
Dean ChemerinskyUC Irvine's School of Law was informed today that it has been granted provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association."The ABA's decision puts the official seal of approval on the hard work of scores of faculty, administrators, students, and supporters--both on campus ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
[UPDATED with UCI Nixing Meeting:] Dr. Hazem Chehabi Urged to Cut Ties With Syria's Brutal Regime or Step Down From UC Irvine Foundation Board
UPDATE, JULY 8, 5:25 P.M.: Syrian freedom activists say that when they protested at UC Irvine the morning of June 9, a campus official promised a future meeting with an associate chancellor to discuss what they consider a troubling relationship between Syria's brutal regime and Dr. Hazem Chehabi, ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Irvine 11 Trial: UCI Professor Says Protests Like These Are Normal
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyUC Irvine professor Rei Terada has taught on the subject of protests and civil disobedience, and said how the so-called Irvine 11 acted at the Israeli Ambassador event is "a normal way for students to protest an event they object to." The professor of comparati ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Who's Gagging Whom In the Irvine 11 Case?
The First Amendment, academic freedom and Islamophobia collide in an OC courtroom
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Francisco Ayala, UC Irvine Professor, Gives $10 Million to School
Steve Zylius/UC IrvineFrancisco Ayala has announced he is donating $10 million to UC Irvine's School of Biological Sciences, the largest gift ever by a faculty member at the university. A renowned geneticist, the 77-year-old professor was once dubbed the 'Renaissance man of evolutionary bio ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Hazem Chehabi, Syrian Consul General and UCI Foundation Chairman, Draws Another Protest
UCI.edu2010 UCI Medal Award winners Salma and Hazem ChehabiAfter a few months of monitoring and protesting against the Syrian government's mistreatment of its own citizens, some Southern California Syrians are turning their ire back at Newport Beach radiologist and philanthropist Dr. Hazem Cheha ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
11 UCI Students and Supporters Guilty of Being Disorderly for Rowdy Protest Near Chancellor's Office
Eleven UC Irvine students and sympathizers were convicted today of being disorderly on campus, and if you think your intrepid reporter has been conked on the head and is re-reporting the outcome of the "Irvine 11" case, you are wrong.Well, you are this time.These 11 with freshly minted rap sheet ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
F. Sherwood Rowland, UCI Nobel Laureate, Has Groundbreaking Climate Research on Exhibit
An exhibition celebrating the research contributions of Nobel laureate and UC Irvine chemistry professor F. Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland opens this evening in the Langson Library at UCI.Ralph J. Cicerone, the National Academy of Sciences president who was UCI's dean of the School of Physical Science ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
[UPDATED with UCI Chief "Appalled":] UC Protesters Get Help From Above to Stop Campus Cops' Baton Jabs and Pepper Spraying
UPDATE, NOV. 23, 10:24 A.M.: UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake has issued a statement where he says that he is "appalled" by the police response to peaceful demonstrators on other campuses as witnessed in recent YouTube videos. The brutal actions violate UC policies, procedures and the sense of ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
[UPDATED: Jones To Take Legal Action] Rev. Terry Jones Rally Blocked at UCI Amid Security Concerns, 'Free Speech' Area Shut Down
JonesUPDATE, DEC. 2, 3:06 P.M.: Rev. Terry Jones told us by phone that the arrest threat he received by UCI police on Thursday is "an absolute outrage and a violation of our First Amendment rights.""We are definitely going to take legal action against the UC Irvine police department," ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Aziz Duwaik, Palestinian Leader Who Secretly Met with UC Irvine Students, Held by Israel
Speaker of the Palestinian parliament Aziz Duwaik, whose secret meeting with UC Irvine students and faculty visiting Israel in 2009 raised cackles in some corners, was ordered to be held without trial for six months, his lawyer said today. The senior Hamas official, whose name is alternately s ... More >>

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