News sources reporting on the likely budget cuts to enrollment and certain departments on each campus have maintained the current uncertainty of the effects. But these cuts have already taken a toll on UC Irvine’s quality education in unseen ways.

Every week, a group of undergraduate students cluster around Timothy Wong, a comparative literature graduate student studying at UC Irvine. They go over a lesson plan and make sure they are ready to carry it out and teach low-income juniors at Orange High School.

School of Biological Sciences By Annie Kim The School of Biological Sciences has undoubtedly some of the most impacted majors here. The budget cuts will...

Compiled by Emmanuel Martinez

SWIM: A former UCI swimmer, Kevin Miller, reflects on the removal of the swimming and diving team in 2009.

Over the past several months, the declining economy seems to be affecting everyone negatively. However, with the culmination of the UC system’s budget cuts, schools becoming impacted and the ever impending constant threat of rising fees and tuition, it is clear that students are the ones being hit the hardest. Students attending UC’s such as UC Irvine are considered the cream of the crop, whether it is for academics or athletics.

CUT: Hise and serveral alumni tried to save the rowing programs but their attempts went to no avail.

In today’s day and age, nothing is free. When someone comes across something free, he or she must take advantage of it.

ANTEATERS: The men’s team lost two nail-biters, while the women spilt their match-ups.

Letters from Meredith Michaels, Richard Lynch and Christian M. Peralta

The Associated Students of UC Irvine has taken a stance against the budget cuts proposed by Governor Brown. On Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 the Legislative Council passed legislation (R46-60) in opposition to such cuts. The legislation urges the California State Legislature to open discussion on alternatives that do not hinder public higher education.

“Rejection. The exclusivity of any university is judged primarily by the amount of students it rejects.”

After multiple rounds of brutal budget cuts and skyrocketing fee hikes, many in the UC Irvine community supported Governor Brown’s campaign in the hope that he might put an end to this nightmare. Since announcing his $500 million cut to the UC - nearly 20 percent Ń it seems that this nightmare may just be beginning. At least, that’s the way the UC administration is portraying it.

The proposed budget cuts on California’s Medi-Cal program show serious political failure. The beneficiaries of the Medi-Cal program are low-income families, foster care children, low-income seniors over 65 and disabled individuals. The program provides health insurance to some 6.5 million Californians. In the year 2010-2011, the approved budget for Medi-Cal was $60,163,121; Governor Brown’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year is $42,539,740. At the same time, Brown wants to increase taxes over $9 billion in the form of higher sales, income and vehicle taxes. If the state is cutting social security for low income families and increasing taxes, who will be the ultimate beneficiaries of the state savings?