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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 >>
In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Irvine think tank ready to create a market in stupidity
Irvine think tank ready to create a market in stupidity
What we saw on election night
We've all had to sit through some hour-long, mind-numbing sexual harassment training seminars before—what, asking if the carpet match the drapes is offensive?—but we've all done it. Because we have to. And, you know, chances are, some of us are actually pervy creeps that need to be told what is ... More >>
My chica has recently enrolled in a food preservation course offered by the University of California all the way in San Bernardino. She usually carpools every Monday with a chef who works at one of the Disney restaurants, but I drove the two of them last week, hoping to finally enjoy the mythical Ro ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Andrea Polli fights a tornado with a peach tree switch
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Jeffrey N. WasserstromJeffrey N. Wasserstrom, a history professor at UC Irvine, has written a thoughtful piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled, "U. of California Cuts: A Faculty Member's Dispatch From the Front Lines." In the piece, Wasserstrom bemoans how the state budget crisis cou ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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Dave LiebermanThe 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.
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?
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 >>
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 >>
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.
Monica C. LozanoDozens of University of California students and Disney Resort workers in costumes plan to protest this morning outside the La Opinion office building in downtown Los Angeles.Perhaps this will make sense with a little more context. Another UC tuition hike has been proposed. The uni ... More >>
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 >>
Having made a campaign pledge to do so, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California DREAM Act yesterday. Well, half of it.During a town hall meeting at Los Angeles City College, Brown signed AB 130, the part of the two-bill package that gives illegal immigrants who live in California and at ... More >>
Brandon FergusonThe 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 >>
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