http://www.redcounty.com/ Grassroots Politics from the Center-Right en Copyright 2008 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/08/amir-abdel-malikali-featured-i/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/08/amir-abdel-malikali-featured-i/ FEATURE Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:54:25 -0800 Erwin Chemerinsky will be visiting Temple Beth Sholom Sunday. I urge readers to attend for no other reason but to challenge him on why he believes tax payer funded hate speech is legal. (See Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act).Join Temple Beth Shalom for an evening with Erwin Chemerinsky Temple Beth Sholom2625 N. Tustin Ave.Santa Ana, Ca 92705Sunday, July 27, 2008 Private Dinner - 5:00 PM Presentation - 7:00 PM Dessert Reception - 8:15 PM Call Temple Beth Sholom to RSVP today!!714-628-4600 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/erwin-chemerinsky-to-visit-ora/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/erwin-chemerinsky-to-visit-ora/ FEATURE Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:42:54 -0800 Seymour Menton, a professor of Latin American literature at UCI and former Chair of the Academic Senate, responds to UCI History Professor Jon Weiner`s antisemitism denials and the false allegation that Professor Daniel Schroeter resigned his academic position because he was under pressure from ``right wing zionists:``Hate Speech at UCIIn the July 7, 2008 issue of The Nation, Jon Wiener,professor of history at UCI and frequent contributor to the weeklymagazine, published an article entitled "Warriors for Zion--inCalifornia." Prof. Wiener attributes Daniel Schroeter's decision toaccept an offer from the University of Minnesota to pressure from"some local Jewish activists" for not taking http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uci-professor-replies-to-jon-w/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uci-professor-replies-to-jon-w/ FEATURE Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:15:48 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/the-msa-as-sabiqun-connection/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/the-msa-as-sabiqun-connection/ FEATURE Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:16:53 -0800 The UC Irvine Muslim Student Union has just released their 2008-2009 board positions. Omar Zarka appears to have another year as Amir, and Mohamed Abdelgany has replaced the repugnant Marya Bangee as his chief deputy. Bangee has now moved on to a promising career at the Council of Anti-American and Incurable Racists (CAIR). More amusing and equally disturbing is the selection of resident thug Ilgiz Khisamov (pictured above) as Political Activism Coordinator. Apparently the "brothers" and "sisters" were impressed how he threatened a camera man during their genocidal rally last May. In any case, if I were FBI I'd be http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uci-msu-announces-20082009-boa/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uci-msu-announces-20082009-boa/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:06:08 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/msu-speakers-involved-in-terro/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/msu-speakers-involved-in-terro/ FEATURE Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:18:16 -0800 UC Irvine History Professor Jon Wiener has just thrown in his two cents on behalf of the University administration. Read his article in The Nation very carefully. It's quite interesting how he remains rather dismissive of the numerous and well documented incidents of antisemitism at UC Irvine, instead choosing to dismiss charges against the school as "bogus." Wiener also refers to those who abhor hate speech as "right-wing Zionists" and identifies the three Senators who were troubled by the OCR report by political party (Republican) and name (Jon Kyl, Sam Brownback, and Arlen Specter), without even acknowledging the names and http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uc-irvine-history-professor-jo/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/07/uc-irvine-history-professor-jo/ FEATURE Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:04:15 -0800 I was very disappointed by new UC Irvine Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in his interview with Marla Jo Fisher in the OC Register this morning. In response to two questions posed by Fisher regarding the intimidating and anti-Semitic environment on the UC Irvine campus, Chemerinsky stated unequivocally that he's "never seen the slightest evidence of anti-Semitism on campus:Q. Some Jewish people have described UCI as "the most anti-Semitic campus in America." You are Jewish. What do you think about that?A. This is something I looked at very closely. I think it's a misapprehension. There was a letter written by students http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/chemerinsky-i-have-never-seen/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/chemerinsky-i-have-never-seen/ FEATURE Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:00:30 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/department-of-education-reopen/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/department-of-education-reopen/ FEATURE Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:27:43 -0800 Five Democratic members of Congress have taken the bold initiative to hold UC Irvine accountable for antisemitism. If memory lapses, the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) vindicated UC Irvine late last year from accusations of failing to maintain a safe campus environment and to adequately address student concerns of intimidation. The OCR also made the false and narrowly tailored claim that Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act failed to apply to UCI for the reason that discrimination of Jews is associated to its religious context, therefore failing to constitute national origin discrimination. Despite policy recommendations http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/democrats-hold-uc-irvine-accou/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/democrats-hold-uc-irvine-accou/ FEATURE Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:20:04 -0800 Why are the problems of antisemitism at UC Irvine repetitively white-washed? Well, look no further than Bruce Blumberg, a Biology Professor who also sits as Chair of the Academic Senate at UCI. Despite evidence of a hostile and racist environment, Blumberg is dismayed that concerned students and community members are starting to question the leadership at UCI. Reut Cohen has more in her article at Pajamas Media:UC Irvine or UC Intifada? By Reut CohenMy PJM article on the frightening situation at my alma mater was not meant to create fear and hatred where there is none. Faculty members who claim http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/a-conflict-of-interest-in-ucis/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/a-conflict-of-interest-in-ucis/ FEATURE Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:25:18 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/jewish-student-decides-against/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/jewish-student-decides-against/ FEATURE Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:31 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/religious-groups-host-a-night/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/religious-groups-host-a-night/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:16:34 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/the-most-muslim-university-in/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/06/the-most-muslim-university-in/ FEATURE Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:10:48 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/emerson-a-call-to-duty-at-uci/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/emerson-a-call-to-duty-at-uci/ Sat, 31 May 2008 08:07:01 -0800 The UCI Muslim Student Union is now making their videos available on youtube for viewers to see. Some of the videos are sloppy and edited, but its certainly nice of them to pick up the burden of taping events (as I've been among the only agents of transparency this past year), I just hope they don't disable the embedding feature when they realize that I will feature them on this blog.The following video is especially noteworthy. During the Q and A of his Thursday night speech two weeks ago, Amir Abdel Malik-Ali calls the United States government illegitimate, and becomes http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/new-msu-video-library/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/new-msu-video-library/ Fri, 30 May 2008 20:06:42 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/democratic-representative-cond/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/democratic-representative-cond/ Mon, 26 May 2008 11:23:04 -0800 Apparently the MSU has lived up to their Islamo-Facist label. Gary Fouse writes that in their visual wall display, they might have well just pulled a page from the Nazi era newspaper, Der Steurmer. Yet again, administrators and faculty do and say nothing: The week before last, UC-Irvine's Muslim Student Union (MSU) hosted one of their quarterly anti-Israel weeks featuring a parade of speakers, some of whom are not only anti-Israel, but anti-America and anti-Jew as well. http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/msu-pulls-page-from-naziera-pu/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/msu-pulls-page-from-naziera-pu/ Sun, 25 May 2008 21:05:35 -0800 This featured article was written for and originally published by PajamasMedia by our very own Jonathan Constantine and his associate, Reut Cohen.UC Irvine Still Enforcing Sharia LawAdministrators are either clueless about radical Islam's foothold on campus or determined to create an environment in which it can thrive. Take your pick.May 22, 2008 The University of California-Irvine is a sprawling campus in Orange County. The institution, located between the Santa Ana Mountains and the shore of the Pacific Ocean, is not only home to some of the best minds in science and engineering, but also to some of the most virulent http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/uc-irvine-still-enforcing-shar/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/uc-irvine-still-enforcing-shar/ FEATURE Thu, 22 May 2008 11:25:54 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/elias-palestinian-holocaust-ha/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/elias-palestinian-holocaust-ha/ Thu, 22 May 2008 10:51:31 -0800 Tuesday I was told by New University writer Paul Backus that a correction on his article was forthcoming. I believe him as he has been studious at following up, and has acknowledged to me the urgency in resolving this matter.I however want to express my disapproval of New University Chief Editor Taylor Hudson. Backus apparently sent his corrections to Hudson and I have also contacted him on two separate occasions, yet I haven't received the courtesy of a return phone call on this matter.It's irresponsible, unprofessional, and unethical for the the editors of an university newspaper to fervently mis-characterize an http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/pathetic-inaction-of-new-unive/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/pathetic-inaction-of-new-unive/ Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:57 -0800 In response to Gary Fouse's emails to the OC Human Relations Commission, director Rusty Kennedy dismisses serious concerns about student's rights:This week, a well-meaning correspondent who shares my concern about the hate speech being spouted at UC-Irvine suggested that I send my views to Rusty Kennedy, the director of the Orange County Human Relations Commission (OCHRC). Not knowing anything about Mr Kennedy or the the OCHRC, I went ahead and sent Mr Kennedy an email expressing my concern about the anti-Semitism at UCI during Muslim Student Union events and my disappointment at the failure of the UCI Administration to confront http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/oc-human-relations-commission/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/oc-human-relations-commission/ Tue, 20 May 2008 20:13:20 -0800 A couple of weeks ago, members of the community started a petition to renounce the hostile environment at UC Irvine. The people have made it loud and clear......they are disgusted by this pervasive intimidation.Please sign the petition. http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/1000-signatures-on-petition-ag/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/1000-signatures-on-petition-ag/ Mon, 19 May 2008 22:14:04 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/apology-from-new-u/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/apology-from-new-u/ Mon, 19 May 2008 20:37:21 -0800 http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/more-lies-from-new-u/ http://www.redcounty.com/rccampuswatch/2008/05/more-lies-from-new-u/ Mon, 19 May 2008 08:37:32 -0800