Talk:Student activities and traditions at UC Irvine

Neutrality
I don't think that the section about the controversy of the MSU student group is nuetral, it has definite anti MSU tones. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.90.115 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 21 May 2007
 * I removed the entire section. I am not convinced of its encyclopeidc value. Maybe it belongs on wikinews? In any case, until it is less POV I think the editors need to work out their differences here. --evrik (talk) 11:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Controversy
Activism on the part of the Muslim Student Union regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict led some Jewish students and leaders, most prominently the Zionist Organization of America, to allege that the campus is hostile to Jews. University officials defended their hands-off attitude on allowing the demonstrations by the MSU to proceed as supporting freedom of speech. It was also pointed out that other recent demonstrations on campus have included material offensive to other groups (including Muslims) such as the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons.

In 2004, the Muslim Student Union created a cardboard facsimilie of the Israel-Palestine wall on the Gateway Commons. The wall was later burned down at night a few days later, leading to claims of hate-motivated crime that were investigated by the FBI. This past year, a larger version of the wall was introduced onto Ring Road. As of 2006, UCI was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights regarding these allegations.

On May 17, 2007. Members fo the Muslim Student Union harrassed a student who peacefully taped the an event called UCI intifada featuring Islamic activist Amir Abdel Malik-Ali. The student was forced to leave when he was forced to stop recording and was stalked around campus. While this was the perception, the University administration had asked the student to step outside to explain the recording policy for the event. The student who was allegedly harrased broke into a run for his class promptly afterwards. The people that were "stalking" the student actually had the same class.

In September 2003 and February 2004, College Republicans at the University of California, Irvine were criticized for having a bake sale that protested affirmative action by selling cupcakes at different prices to students based on race. After some students voiced their criticism, the university officially protested the action but did not halt the bake sale, citing that the prices were quoted as "Suggested Prices". UCI's perceived inaction by bake sale opponents was severely criticized. It should also be noted that in general, the student-run College Republicans, Irvine Conservative Student Union, and the conservative Irvine Review newspaper have all been involved in controversy regarding their vocal conservative standpoints.

Relevance
Given the size of this article and the question of relevance on other UCI related articles I would like to suggest some of this material be moved to a more appropriate "wiki" - Irvine Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.253.227.221 (talk) 04:53, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Removed EI for depreciation
I have removed a depreciated source. Does someone have an alternative source? FortunateSons (talk) 01:12, 28 January 2024 (UTC)