University of California-Irvine

Locals Only: Alisa Slaughter's Bad Habitats and the Reluctant Evolution of Shared Consciousness

Another Sunday morning, another chance to celebrate the winner of a local writing competition and invite readers to a local publication celebration, on May Day, at UC Irvine. Gold Line Press seems to be a project of another area school, USC, and the judge of its 2012 Competition in Fiction was Dana ... More >>

The Lovely Bad Things

Unit B Studio

Skeptic-fest Takes Place This Weekend in Irvine

There probably won't be an invocation. The Orange County Freethought Alliance Conference is taking place Saturday and Sunday at the University of California, Irvine, 210 C Student Center. A slew of skeptics are scheduled to talk about what they don't believe, and why they don't believe it.

Another Chipotle-Style Pizza Shop Planned For Irvine

The next big food trend, the one that I predict will inherit the frozen yogurt craze and the luxe lonchera boom, is going to be the Chipotle-inspired, custom-made pizza shop.  In OC, we saw it first with Pie-ology, which debuted in Fullerton and plans to expand to Irvine Spectrum and beyond. T ... More >>

Poems to an Imaginary Friend: On Collier Nogues and David Hernandez

Stood in line with all variety of art lovers for the Richard Diebenkorn show at OC Museum of Art last Sunday, a long line, eager fans, and admission free that morning. We are meant to understand that RD's work is elaborate construction, puzzling out of forms, and that living in Ocean Park, CA has le ... More >>

Advocates of Treating Autism with Cannabis Disavow "Partnership" with UC Irvine

​A Denver biotech company and Los Angeles nonprofit foundation dedicated to the treatment of autism are disavowing their previously announced partnership with UC Irvine.The clarification comes more into focus when you know the players. The firm, Cannabis Science, develops pharmaceutical products ... More >>

OC Brew Ha Ha Tickets On Sale

​It's nearly that time of year again, when the beer flows freely from the taps and music sails through the air. No, we're not talking about Rush Week at UC Irvine; we're talking about OC Brew Ha Ha, set for Sept. 10 from noon to 3 p.m. in Irvine's Hidden Valley Park. (Insert your ranch-dressing jo ... More >>

UC Irvine's Controversial Muslim Student Union Wins Anteater Award

​Disrupting a speech on campus by an Israeli government official. The suspension, probation and criminal prosecution that followed the incident. The annual teach-ins on the Israel-Palestine issue some have dubbed "Hate Week."Yep, headlines involving the Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine have been ... More >>

"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 >>

UCI Law Student-Run Conference Looks at Climate Justice

​UC Irvine law students are holding a first-ever, all-day conference today on climate justice. "A3 [Assemble. Advocate.Act]: A Conference on Climate Justice" examines "the social injustices faced by vulnerable populations who are disproportionately affected by climate change," according to organ ... More >>

[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

Photos by Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklySeven of the Irvine 11​UPDATE, 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 >>

UC Irvine Soccer Wuz Robbed

​The UC Irvine men's soccer team finished 14-3-3, won the Big West Conference regular-season title, were ranked No. 1 in the West Regional rankings most of the season and were in the national top 10 for the final six weeks of the regular season.So, how were the Anteaters rewarded? With another ... More >>

Last Week For Peaches

Flickr user rovernl​It's a happy coincidence that the latest-ripening peaches in all America are grown just an hour or so north of these fair orange acres, on the north face of the San Gabriel Mountains, at Tenerelli Farms in Littlerock, south of Palmdale.

As Everyone Looks Down at What Gulf Oil Spill Has Wrought, UC Irvine Researchers Look Up

​Tar balls created by the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico reached the Texas shore today.But researchers from UC Irvine are not looking at the sands, shorelines and waters impacted by the muck, they are checking out the air hovering over the spill zone. The initial findings: all is not well.

An Interview With a Rare Breed: OC Blogger Indie Peddler

[Mental Notes] Plus Weenie Roast highs and lows

Head Over to UCI Tonight to See Playground, a Documentary About the Child Sex Trade

Do you know what the No. 1 destination is for sicko American adults who want to have sex with a child?America.

The Wild Party

Claire Trevor Theatre, UC Irvine Arts Plaza

The Ultimate Revenge of the Nerds: a Video Game Major at UCI

​Parents concerned about joystick jockeys have nothing to fear. That pimple popper spending all day on the couch in his boxers playing video games has a bright college future ahead of him--if he can get into UC Irvine, that is.

UC Irvine Celebrates 40 Years Computing

UCI.edu​Computing at UC Irvine is bearing down on middle age!Friday's "Celebrating 40 Years of Computing @ UCIrvine: Innovating for a Better World: yesterday's vision... today's research... tomorrow's technology" features events and panel discussions about the digital revolution's reach to the Irv ... More >>

B HERE is Here for Hepatitis B Sufferers with Free Art Exhibit and Live Show Today

Comedienne Happy Slip performs tonight--and you can see her free.​The B HERE campaign that raises awareness of the life-threatening disease hepatitis B launched Thursday, but it really swings into high gear on the UC Irvine campus today. First, a free art exhibit featuring works ... More >>

UCI Professor's Budget-Cut Dispatch Splits Audience

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom​Jeffrey 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 >>

To Do Tonight - 7/2

Film Screening: Rear Window, 7 p.m.View this Alfred Hitchcock classic starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, as it was intended to be seen: on the big screen.UC Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall, W. Peltason and Campus Dr., Irvine, CA; 949-637-0749 Salsa Group Class and Dan ... More >>

UCI Research May Ease Cocaine Cravings

UC Irvine pharmacological researchers may have hit on a new way to battle cocaine addiction. Material they shared with Science Daily suggests that blocking a hormone related to hunger regulation can limit coke cravings. A study led by Shinjae Chung and Olivier Civelli zeroed in on how the melanin-co ... More >>

Happy First Birthday, Acrobatics Everyday!

Acrobatics Everyday, a student-run organization bringing all sorts of unique shows to the UC Irvine campus and generally making your college experience seem a lot less cool, is celebrating its one-year anniversary in existence this week(-ish).Their first show was Jan. 16, with Dan Deacon, Ultimate R ... More >>

Collateral Damage of the Samueli Plea Deal

As soon as news of Henry Samueli's guilty plea in his stock-option manipulation case broke yesterday, you might have noticed a brief, faint clickety-clacking sound rising over Orange County. The more engineers you work with, the more intense the flurry was. It was the sound of two words being del ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Easy Rider,' 'Amadeus,' More

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Duel,' 'The Breakfast Club,' More

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KUCI-FM 88.9

To Do Tonight - 12/06

KIOSK: LAUNCH PARTY, 5pm Come celebrate the web launch of Kiosk, the first stand-alone publication of the Literary Journalism program that recognizes the best student writing from the classroom and beyond. Free snacks and live music! UCI Bookstore located at the UC Irvine Campus HOLIDAY GIFTS & DI ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 11/09

DANCING QUEEN, 7:30pm For cabaret lovers. Tibbies, Located at the Queen Mary, 1126 Queen's Hwy., Long Beach, (562) 499-1757 www.tibbiescabaret.com A TUNA CHRISTMAS, 8pm Holiday college production. Check it out. Performing Arts Center, Irvine Valley College www.ivcperformingarts.org/default.html AN ... More >>

Letters

"There is a huge difference between the FBI and the media."

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 >>

Monday's Headlines

That's ambitious: A Long Beach city councilman hopes to "once again make our beaches a destination." Good luck cleaning up all that shit, buddy. Adios, Laguna: MTV's shipping out of Laguna Beach and pulling into Newport for the next installment of the 'Real OC.' Poached? The Register has an interes ... More >>

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Camille

Special Screenings

Soy Cuba

Special Screenings

It's up to you to put the 'special' in Special Screenings

Special Screenings

Pick yer own Movie of the Week

Thinking About Suicide Bombing?

Talal Asad

The Nominees Are...

Orange County Weekly Theater Awards info

Kochee Kabob House

Art for Arts Sake

Graffiti is the real deal

Eight Days

Eight Days

Back To School

EIGHT DAYS

UC Irvine vs. the Shrinking J

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

Diary of a mad county

Orange County, California: 2001

Mouse Trap

Insert banal pop-culture reference here

Apple Bonging

OC's 'War on Drugs': Joke or tragedy?