Sarah S. Menendez

May Regents Meeting Recap

During their bimonthly meeting last week, the UC Regents unanimously approved Gov. Jerry Brown’s funding plan that would freeze tuition at the university for...

Building Community Through Theatre

Last year, the service workers across the UC system went on strike. Ring Road and the flagpoles were flooded with a sea of green...

RE: “College Stresses Render Need for Mental Health Resources on Campus”

As of late, there have been a lot of conversations and organizing efforts on campus to discuss mental health. Awareness and advocacy are important,...

Forever Green

For years I have found myself fixated on the idea of escape. This kind of impulse is based on the notion that I do...

Campus Reckons With Anti-Blackness at #BlackLivesMatter Teach-In

By: Mariah Castaneda and Sarah Menendez Around 300 attended the Crystal Cove Auditorium for the Cross Cultural center’s 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium...

Longing for More FOB ‘Beauty’

The six-year wait for Fall Out Boy to return from hiatus was welcoming in 2013 with “Save Rock & Roll.” In relation to the...

Obama Investing in Community College Students With Hopeful Plan

Last week, President Obama announced a proposal to provide two years of free community college for students who meet certain criteria. Obama’s plan would...

Irvine Woman Found Dead in Big Bear Lake

Irvine resident, Lisa Ann Cimbaluk, was found dead in Big Bear Lake last Thursday. Cimbaluk, 35, was declared missing on December 30th, according to...

UC Irvine Police Accused of Recording Own Employees

The UC Regents and UCI Police Department are being sued in a class-action lawsuit by a university police officer’s union for allegedly illegally aggregating...

Living Peace Series Brings Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Leymah Gbowee, shared her experience as a peace activist last Tuesday to a sold-out Pacific Ballroom as part of the...

Offices of President, Student Services Report Budgets

A variety of discussions and resolutions were discussed at ASUCI legislative council last week at their regular meetings on Tuesday and Thursday in the...

Howard Gillman Selected as UC Irvine’s Next Chancellor

UC President Janet Napolitano released a statement earlier today announcing that she has selected UC Irvine Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor and current Interim...

The Plan to Expand Mesa Court

The Mesa Court housing community will grow as a new structure will be built in the coming year to provide more housing and community...

UCI Stands with UCSB

Students across the UC system are organizing vigils this week in solidarity with those affected by the tragic shootings that took place in the...