Patient care technicians of the University of California are striking all across the state as attempts to negotiate for livable wages and job security grow unsuccessful.
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, began their three day strike on Tuesday, Oct. 23rd after over 20 months of unsuccessful negotiations with the UC for a fair contract for their employees.
The Advisory Council on Campus Climate and Inclusion’s “Greek Table” on Oct. 16 framed a three-course meal around three professors’ mini-lectures regarding the general philosophical benefits of eating while talking with others.
The Humanities Gateway hosted a screening of the 2017 film Crown Heights at the Newkirk Center for Science and Society on Oct 17, initiating a series of film screenings centered around the topic of wrongful convictions.
ASUCI officialized the formation of its Advocacy, Public Information, and Finance Committees, and proposed legislation that would make it possible for individuals belonging to certain committees to participate in voting for the Student Programming Funding Board at their Oct. 18 senate meeting.
UCI hosted their inaugural Esports conference and festival at the Student Center on Oct. 11 and 12. Festivities were held on the Student Terrace outside the Esports Arena, and presentations by notable Esport figures were organized in the student ballrooms.
UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman visited Professor Amy Depaul’s Literary Journalism 21 class on Oct. 16 to discuss his views on public universities and their obligation to protect speech, regardless of whether it is deemed offensive or marginalizing.
ASUCI’s annual concert event Shocktoberfest was cancelled following a security and safety hazard which was prompted by midliner Famous Dex, walking into the audience area. Video footage of the incident shows students rushing the floor after the rapper stepped down from the stage, causing a stampede. According to witnesses, the rush of students caused barricades to be knocked over.
The lineup for UCI’s annual fall concert Shocktoberfest was announced on Oct. 8 with Famous Dex slotted as the midliner despite a leaked security video from 2016 showing the rapper chasing down his girlfriend down a hallway and getting into a physical altercation with her.
ASUCI Senate voted on Oct. 11 to support the UCI DREAM Center by issuing a letter to the university administration declaring their support for the center to receive additional funding.
Several UC Irvine professors have penned a letter to Science Magazine expressing their concern that injustice was committed against their “colleague and friend,” Francisco Ayala, who resigned from UCI July 1 upon multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
After a summer of unsuccessful negotiations, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299’s patient care unit members voted on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 to authorize a potential strike.
The University Art Gallery and Contemporary Arts Center Gallery at UC Irvine will be displaying, until Jan. 5, an exhibit titled “First Glimpse” that includes pieces from the Buck Collection by California artists from the 20th and 21st centuries.
