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A fraternity at UC Irvine apologized after backlash last week, following the release of a controversial music video featuring Lambda Theta Delta member Rainier Nanquil in blackface makeup. The video included four members lip-synching to the Justin Timberlake song “Suit and Tie,” with Nanquil portraying rapper Jay-Z.
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Say goodbye to the hookah circles on Eleanor Roosevelt College lawn, and adieu to the Co-op’s variety of cigars, hookahs and cigarettes. Instead, say hello to educational citations and posters reminding you not to light up.
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With a heavy Keep it Real presence, the new A.S. Council should avoid partisan politics when appointing associate vice presidents to cabinet positions.
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You would think that after articles and articles about the recent A.S. elections, we at the Guardian would be ready to move on to other news. But don’t get too excited, because we still have a few more bones to pick.
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One Voice’s pledge to reject stipends if elected to A.S. Council seems like a noble promise, but it might be more practical to reduce compensations instead.
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After roughly 30 hours of interviewing A.S. Council candidates (we did the math), and several more writing our endorsement issue, we, at The Guardian, were impressed with the many newcomers running for council positions. And yet, because those elected will receive minimal training in council protocol, it seems that they are being thrown into turbulent waters without so much as a paddle.
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In case you haven’t noticed the posters, the flyers, the banners and the rave cards that have been popping up everywhere around campus over the last month, Associated Students and college council elections are this week — April 8 to April 12.
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