University of California System

UC Irvine Medical Center Patient Care Workers Prepare for 2-Day Strike Starting Tuesday

Today, a Sacramento County judge will decide how many patient care workers can participate in strikes against the University of California's five medical centers.Tomorrow, expect to see picketers outside UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.

Fall of Saigon Anniversary Book Suggestions

It's almost impossible to overestimate the number of superb books inspired by the relationship between Vietnam and the United States. There are, for example, classics such as Graham Greene's "The Quiet American," Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie," Michael Herr's "Dispatches," Robert Olen Butler ... More >>

No Doubt's "Looking Hot" Video Gets Pulled For Looking Racist

Well, this is embarrassing. Of all the things No Doubt have been skewered for in the public eye over the years, we never thought racial stereotyping would be one of them. Over the weekend, the Huffington Post and E! Online reported that Orange County's biggest band caught some serious flack over the ... More >>

The Week in Forgetfulness: Books by Crooks, the Cold War and a Writer to Remember

My kind editor, The Mexican, offered to reimburse me for purchase of the ex-governor of California's memoirs. I considered reading and reviewing the provocatively titled Total Recall:  My Unbelievably True Life Storybut I felt so uncomfortable at even the thought of walking into a bookstor ... More >>

Slander: Two Former OC Frat Boys Help Take TrapStyle Worldwide

Derek Andersen and Scott Land meet as fraternity brothers at University of California Irvine. Their DJ careers started as half a joke and half destiny. Originally DJing parties for their fraternity because at the time everyone only played hip-hop, Andersen was passionate about bringing house music t ... More >>

Animal Collective's Josh Dibb On Returning to the Band and Writing Their Latest Record in a Barn

Here's some random, sort-of-inconsequential stuff you didn't know about Animal Collective's Josh Dibb: He was born in the city of Orange, his mom is a spiritual educator who runs "a consciousness school that teaches people how to be," his dad taught at the University of California in Santa Barbara w ... More >>

California Assemblywoman Targets Anti-Israel Campus Activism, Or: Five Criticisms of Israel that Are Inherently Not Anti-Semitic

The California Assembly recently passed a resolution that calls upon college and university leadership to condemn anti-Semitism on campus. Assemblywoman Linda Halderman (R-Fresno) authored the resolution, which demands "no public resources will be allowed to be used for any anti-Semitic or any ... More >>

Calling All Bibliofolk: Resist the Transformers, Save UCI's Bookstore, and Take Back the University, Too.

This week, Mr. Bib happily shares a rant-analysis-thought piece by a fellow scholar-activist who takes on the dismal decision-making at our shared alma mater and place of employment. My biblio-pal Michelle Chihara is a PhD candidate, an MFA, a creative writer and sometime journalist, and knows how t ... More >>

We Get Mail: Summer (California) Reading from Heyday

The Bibliofella provides full employment to the UPS guy, Fed Ex and the world's greatest mail carrier, Cherry out of Silverado P.O.  Among the boxes delivered to Shangri-Bib are dozens of catalogs, fun to browse through, from big commercial publishers, tiny little presses like Copper Canyo ... More >>

OC Dream Coalition Holds First-Annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at UC Irvine

A coalition of Orange County Dream Act advocates will hold the first-annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at the University of California Irvine this Saturday. The forum consists of a series of workshops dedicated to educating immigrant high school students about how to apply for financial aid a ... More >>

Each UC Campus To Set Own Tuition Under New Proposal

The premise is hardly debatable: No University of California school is the same. For that reason, officials at UC Berkeley want all 10 campuses to break free from Daddy Board of Regents--or at least have more independence. They've written a proposal to allow each UC to set its own tuition and f ... More >>

[UPDATED with Vote Delayed Again:] Students Call for UCI Board Member Hazem H. Chehabi's Ouster over Syria Ties

​UPDATE, MARCH 8, 3:21 P.M.: A proposal to call for Dr. Hazem H. Chehabi's removal from the UC Irvine Board of Trustees over his ties to the brutal Syrian regime will not be presented tonight to the Legislative Council of the Associated Students (ASUCI) as originally planned.The matter is now s ... More >>

President Obama's Election and Pursuit of a Post Racial America

UCI School of Law

Occupy UCI Holds Campus Event

Brandon Ferguson​The University of California Irvine contingent of Occupy held a modest event on campus this morning attended by about 20 people.  The group, though mostly students, represented a diverse cross section of OC society and included visitors from Occupy OC, which is curr ... More >>

[UPDATED: UC Tuition Goes Up, Too] Cal State Leaders Vote to Raise Tuition 12% This Fall

JC VeraA fee-related protest at Cal State Fullerton earlier this year. ​UPDATE, JULY 15, 1:52 P.M.: Wallet misery loves company. Not to be outdone, University of California regents met Thursday and voted for a 9.6 percent tuition increase, which will be tacked onto the 8 percent increase alr ... More >>

Bristol Palin to UC Irvine: I Want to Come There and Talk Abstinence. OC Gays to Bristol Palin: Keep Out

​Hot hater spawn, unwed teen mom and Dancing With the Stars runner-up Bristol Palin wants to talk abstinence on university campuses, including Orange County's UC Irvine.That desire has prompted some OC gays to send a letter to the University of California urging a rejection of such an appearance.

Jerry Brown's Budget Slashes Higher Education Funding By $1.4 Billion

The Gov. ​The University of California president called it "a sad day for California." Today, Gov. Jerry Brown released his 2011-12 state budget proposal, one he described as "a tough budget for tough times," and higher eduction is feeling the blow.  Under the proposed budget, funding for the ... More >>

How Piedad Yorba of OC's Yorba Clan Helped Influence Mexican Food in Southern California

​Man, I'm seriously backed up on my magazine reading, so I'm just getting through the summer issue of Gastronomica, that fabulous food journal published quarterly by the University of California Press. In it is a great piece of historical journalism involving that oldest of Orange County clans: th ... More >>

State Supreme Court Ruling: Undocumented Students To Pay In-State Tuition; Out-of-State Students Still S.O.L.

​Undocumented students may continue to attend the state's college and universities at in-state tuition rates rather than pay the higher rates charged to those who live out of state, the California Supreme Court ruled today. The Court upheld AB 540, which permits students, regardless of thei ... More >>

Local DREAM Act Students Continue Hunger Strike Outside LA Offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein

​While our local liberal pundits still continue to ridicule the protests of undocumented college to draw attention to their plight (with allies like those, who needs the Minutemen?), three members of the Orange County Dream Team (whose awesome logo you see at right) have been fasting outside the L ... More >>

Mark Yudof, UC President Deemed Weak on Anti-Semitism on Campuses, Including UCI

​The University of California has been too weak in its reaction to acts of anti-Semitism on its campuses, claims a letter from Jewish groups to UC President Mark G. Yudof (right).Swastika graffiti, anti-Israel speakers who use anti-Semitic language, and harassment and intimidation of Jewish stude ... More >>

Get Gastronimica at Rags Next to Crosby

​A food critic has few culinary rituals, given he or she must constantly push forward in the search for the newest, best places. I can count a couple I follow--drunk sessions at Memphis at the Santora, Anaheim meetings at Kareem's Restaurant, rest stop at the Surfin' Chicken in San Clemente, and m ... More >>

Funeral for Education at UCI Today

​UC Rebel Radio presents a mock funeral for education this afternoon at UC Irvine.Faculty, staff and students wearing black are expected to participate in a 1 p.m. gathering at the flagpole, where speakers will eulogize young people's future before departing for a procession around the campus."The ... More >>

Drunk After Work: The Anthill Pub

Dave Lieberman​The Place: The Anthill Pub, C-215 Student Center, University of California--Irvine, 4200 Campus Dr., Irvine; (949) 824-3050.The Hours: 4-7 p.m., Monday through Friday. Closed Saturday and Sunday.The Deal: $1 off pints; $3 off pitchers.

Urban Arts Festival

Aldrich Park

Top 10 Albums Played on KUCI Feb. 15-21

Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI. KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in all ... More >>

Top 10 Albums Played on KUCI for Week of Feb. 1-7

Editor's Note: Matt Buga is a Music Director at KUCI. KUCI is the last bastion against sound-alike radio in Orange County and the voice of freedom for all the independent music that gets snubbed by the major labels. From the edge of University of California Irvine, KUCI brings you the latest in al ... More >>

[UPDATED] UC Budget Protest at UCLA is Rowdy. Cal State Protest in Long Beach? Not So Much

​UPDATE: University of California Regents voted for a 32 percent tuition increase today, with a dissenting vote coming from the student-regent. The vote was taken and debated over loud protests outside from hundreds of demonstrators. Our big sis' LA Weekly reports one arrest today. See also the Lo ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Zombies Protest UCI Budget Cuts

Jason Davis / ucibudget.blogspot.com​"Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening" -- Mark Yudof, UC President, to the New York Times Magazine. Clever quote, but perhaps not so amusing for the people ... More >>

Heath Insurance or Bust: Why You Might Want to Think Twice About Relying on that Student Health Plan

 ​They are nicknamed the "Young Invincibles." Thus tagged by the health insurance industry, they are the demographic of strapping 19- to 29-year-olds who, at 13.7 million strong, constitute the largest group of uninsured in America. Among the least likely to be able to afford coverage, Young ... More >>

UC Irvine Faculty, Students, Staff to Teach In, Turn On, Walk Out Today

​Ah, the first day of school. Time to roll out of the dorm-room bed five minutes before class, throw a cap on to cover up the bed head and quickly jaunt to class . . . . . . So you can storm out of it in protest.UC Irvine faculty, students and staff will stage a walkout today--the first day of sch ... More >>

Sit-In Protests UCI's Closure of Programs for Low-Income Students

Tuition increases, class closures, hiring freezes, employee furloughs and even wacky proposals to close campuses have received the lion's share of media attention regarding the unprecedented fiscal hit taken by the world-envied University of California system. One casualty that has received sca ... More >>

Do Something About Our Sorry Treatment of War Vets

University of California Press hails Aaron Glantz's The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against American Veterans as the "the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan," confronting with gusto an America that deifies its s ... More >>

So You Want to Be a College Radio DJ...

Well, then, you should probably attend KUCI's DJ Training Class, which begins July 8 at 7 p.m. in HICF 100-P on the University of California Irvine campus (map here). You don't have to be a student at the school to participate; you just need a powerful urge to become a component of what the Weekly h ... More >>

Darfur Now College Tour's SoCal Stop

A documentary film and a concert will take place on UCLA's campus May 28 and 29, respectively, in order to raise funds and awareness for Darfur Now, which is committed to helping alleviate humanitarian problems stemming from the ongoing conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Press release after the cut. Tra ... More >>

Listen Up! KUCI Could Use Your Help

University of California Irvine's radio station, KUCI 88.9FM, is in the midst of its annual fund drive (it runs through May 10). This student/volunteer-run, listener-supported source of unconventionally excellent music and commentary won the Weekly's Best Radio Station last year. Here's what we sa ... More >>

Last Night: Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Abe Vigoda Narwhalz (Of Sound), Lucky Dragons at Pacific Ballroom

Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Abe Vigoda, Narwhalz (Of Sound), Kial at the Pacific Ballroom, University of California Irvine January 16, 2008 Better Than: Attending any lecture by your favorite prof. Download: many songs by Dan Deacon. I arrive at UCI’s Student Center building’s Pacific Bal ... More >>

Dan Deacon at UC Irvine Wednesday

Good news for people seeking left-of-the-dial music in a live setting: KUCI, University of California Irvine's radio station, is starting to sponsor concerts (along with ASUCI) at the college's Pacific Ballroom. The first show happens Wed. Jan. 16, 7 p.m., featuring Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Luc ... More >>

Monday's Headlines & Surprises: 200 million pixel TV!!!

Is that a freckle? Reporter David Haldane finds that UC Irvine used a $300,000 federal grant to build a screen 100 times more detailed than the current best high-definition television. Its 23-by-9-foot display has 200 million pixels and is called the HIPerWall, according to the Times story. Student ... More >>

Decadence

Web Exclusive! The result of an art conference, Catalyst 18s Wonder-Room has a little of everything

Talk About Pop Muzik

Sandy Zipp, Professor, UC Irvine

Weather or Not

Andrea Polli fights a tornado with a peach tree switch

Empire Falls

Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont

UC Irvine vs. the Shrinking J

Already a creative-writing machine, Irvine turns to literary journalism

Screaming Bedlam

Horrifying stories ripped from the pages of todays newspapers

Summer of Sam

Stupid Proposal

Irvine think tank ready to create a market in stupidity