By Hana Khan on June 16, 2010
UC Irvine’s Senior Executive Director of Student Housing recently gave a recommendation to suspend the UCI’s Muslim Student Union group for one year. The allegations arose as a result to a UCI-hosted event at which Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren was disrupted several times by students, some of whom were members of UCI’s MSU. The MSU, [...]
Posted in Community, News | Tagged defamation, fear mongering, Jewish Federation Orange County, knee jerk reaction, Michael ORen, MSU, Muslim Student Union, overblown, recommendation, slander, Social Justice Award, suspension, UCI, UCI Cross Cultural Center, University of California Irvine
By Hana Khan on April 5, 2010
Recent events throughout California indicate that Muslim youth activists are being targeted for their “radical” behavior. On Friday night, the MCA Youth group and MSA West held a talk show called “Pushing the Envelope: Muslim Youth Activism” at Santa Clara’s masjid, MCA. The program discussed current events involving specific instances of so-called “radical” Muslim youth [...]
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By Hana Khan on February 27, 2010
Chancellor Gene Block of UCLA addressed students in person at an impromptu sit-in regarding the recent events at UC San Diego that were triggered by a racist-themed party called “Compton Cookout”. The sit-in at UCLA occurred in front of the Chancellor’s office in Murphy Hall on Friday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m.
“So for those of [...]
Posted in Events, News | Tagged ASU, Chancellor, Compton Cook Out, UCSD
By Hana Khan on January 19, 2010
History, in my opinion, is useless unless we implement its lessons to our present society. Great leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr., would have struggled and sacrificed in vain if the proceeding generations fail to draw upon the fundamental principles from such historical movements that managed to pull society from the ugly and dark [...]
Posted in Features, Opinion | Tagged Jr., Martin Luther King, Non-Violent Action
