World Wide Welcome

The New University, June 1, 2010

Since its inception in November 2007, the entirely free and entirely online college fair known as CollegeWeekLive has expanded its repertoire of universities, adding UCI this year.

Though it offers all the amenities and features of an actual college fair, including video chat with students, faculty, advisors and financial aid people and even has a virtual world reminiscent of a real college fair’s auditorium setting, UCI does not intend to replace its physical orientation programs with this fair.

CollegeWeekLive is primarily for students who either cannot attend college weeks due to monetary reasons, or for students who simply prefer to peruse a buffet of universities on a familiar medium, the Internet. However, the site also allows registration by parents, college faculty members, high school counselors and journalists.

Once registered, students are treated to the virtual lobby of a hypothetical university with “tables” laid out for each college. Currently, the major participating schools in California include UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford University. The Universities of California are generally grouped together and they will each have a live broadcast on the website again on Oct. 10. There are, however, archived Q&A sessions on the site, each 49 minutes long...

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How Does The Schoolhouse Rock?

The 'Vine, Spring 2010 Edition

The heated, moshing, and subwoofer pounding chaos of Wayzgoose and Shocktoberfest does not simply happen with the wave of a wand. It involves weeks and weeks of meticulous planning and organizing, turning ASUCI officers into booking agents and gig promoters. Wayzgoose 2010 featured the stunning talent of artists Common, B.O.B, and The Cool Kids, whose appearances would not have been possible without the work of ASUCI’s Student Services Vice President Kristin Oto and her staff. Her branch of the ASUCI executive office is solely responsible for all the UCI-sponsored events, from the weekly movies aired in HIB 100 to concerts as big as Wayzgoose...

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ASUCI Wants To Get Your Hands Dirty

The 'Vine, Spring 2010 Edition

Lush, verdant and entirely student-run, the Anteater Garden intends to at least partially resolve one of the most glaring problems of our generation: where does our food come from? And is it really even food?

The brainchild of two groups, the Real Food Challenge at UCI and Students for Sustainability, the initiative suggests the creation of a garden on campus to both encourage student farming and self-sufficiency and to educate students on the benefits of Agro-ecology. Part of the long-term vision behind it is the creation of an agro-ecology major, likely to be a part of the school of social ecology, in which students can learn about the diminishing American industry of agriculture...

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