That UC Irvine security issue is related to the Koran-burning pastor.

Also the "California Security Council" is involved. It seems to consist of just one angry dude.

Remember the Koran-burning Florida pastor? He's coming to UC Irvine.

" Shoebat has claimed that Islam is not the religion of God, but rather Islam is the devil, according to the Springfield News Leader. Shoebat revealed he was “shocked to find so many parallels between the Antichrist and Islam." "

" "A lot of students are registered voters, and we're against Islamophobia, and bigotry," said Ishigo. "We want them to understand that the UC Irvine community stands in solidarity with the Muslim American community against xenophobia." "

" On May 14, said the LLDF statement, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, “a Christian pro-life organization dedicated to activating and educating high school and college age individuals, was present to protest the dedication of this expansive facility that touts its reputation in the area of human embryonic stem cell research. The group was there to share a message that human embryonic stem cell research kills human lives!”

" “The pro-life activists consulted the Life Legal Defense Foundation concerning their free speech rights prior to the planned demonstration,” said the statement. “Despite several attempts by the police to move the demonstrators away from the dedication ceremony, the Survivors were able to make their voices heard on the UCI campus, and LLDF attorneys were on hand to answer calls and speak with law enforcement on the day of the event. We at LLDF were proud to defend these brave activists’ rights to speak the truth and to stand against the reckless destruction of life at the new facility.” "

" President of the UC Regents Board, Mark Yudof shocked the audience by solely responding to the Justice for Laya Campaign. He stated that the UC Regents “... take this very seriously. I have asked our Chief of Compliance and Audit to monitor the campus review and I'll be referring this issue to the Committee on Governance to take more action.” "

Justice for Laya rally at the UC Regents meeting, 2011 March 16

SOLIDARITY CUBES

1-1/2 to 2 dozen, marching in a circle for an hour

" Justice for Laya Coalition meetings, coordinated by the Mariposa Center for Change and AF3IRM, are being held all over the state this week, since the first meeting at the UC Irvine Campus. "

" Once it became clear that this line of analysis was erroneous, most commentators followed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's lead and criticised President Barack Obama's Administration for not supporting Mubarak. The Foreign News editor of one channel noted that: "The fact that the White House is permitting the protests is reason for worry;" while the prominent political analyst Ben Kaspit expressed his longing for President George W. Bush. "

" We have previously been appreciative of Cheng’s support for students during the past two years of budget cuts and fee hikes, but we feel that Cheng no longer represents the interests of UC students and should immediately step down. We understand the complexity of rape accusations, but Cheng’s email is an admission of guilt, and even if he isn’t criminally prosecuted, he must do everything in his ability to make himself accountable to Laya and to the UCI community.

" Additionally, it must be stated that the lack of interest in this case by the OCDA demonstrates the absolute hypocrisy of the criminal “justice” system and the UCI administration. We stand firmly in opposition to the prison system and Prison-Industrial Complex, but we must question why Cheng, who caused and attempted to cause physical and emotional harm to another person, is not being charged, while 30 students and community supporters are facing criminal charges–possibly resulting in prison time–for participating in protests in which no one was injured and no harm was intended.

" DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST THE 30, OR CHARGE CHENG! "

" Demand that Jesse Cheng be removed from his post as student regent, that students be given the right to elect their next regent, and that student resources for women be preserved and funded in the UC system! No longer will Jesse Cheng be able to use his power to sidestep justice. We applaud and echo Laya’s brave statement: “I don’t want to let him silence me anymore.” "

update: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=164717750244172&id=134784603237487

The Mariposa Center for Change in LA has been tweeting heavily about the allegations against Jesse Cheng.

The chalkboard above the stalls in the Anthill Pub collects all sorts of drunken graffiti.

"We urge Jesse Cheng and the campus community to acknowledge the crime that he has committed." 200+ signatures so far, many from outside California.

Commenter: "I'm sorry, but if you're going to be using reporting from [former New U news editor] Stephanie Vatz, you need to know that she's a completely unreliable, brown-nosing, and uninformed bag of horse excrement. Additionally, I know for a fact that Jesse is guilty. I've heard the confession straight from his mouth. People inside his circle have known for months. "

Commenter: "Oh, btw, Jesse Cheng spoke to his buddy over at the Bay Citizen. Says he's innocent. ... But I wonder why Cheng was seen in the New University newsroom on Sunday, twice, begging for the story to not be printed?"
Commenter: "His lies are inconsistent anyways.. doesn't match what he's said to the police, the board of student conduct."

Commenter: "I know for a fact that Jesse told her to not say anything about the incident."
Commenter: "As a former friend of Jesse Cheng, I have seen his desire for power and admiration of others grow more and more."
Commenter: "I personally know Jesse and am ashamed to say so."
Colleague/friend Suzanne Kordi denounces the article as irrelevant, unethical, and borderline libelous; condemns Laya's release of emails as "malicious"; and proposes writing an op-ed defense of Cheng.

For the next time Horowitz comes to UC Irvine. Horowitz: " What he should not be doing as a conservative leader is demonizing Glenn Beck, who has done more to educate Americans about the unholy alliance between the secular left and the Islamic jihadists than anyone else. "

for the next time Shoebat is invited to UCI

raw footage of protest at the 2010 Nov 17 Regents meeting at which a UCI police officer draws his pistol

Let's start chalking up the campus right next to the admin building at 11am hur dur dur

"So, don't let the low violent crime rates fool you; Irvine has had its fair share of shocking, baffling and just plain strange plots, arrests and convictions throughout the years."

"At UC Irvine for example, the press release includes this: "Terry Belmont, appointed to a one year position as Acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Center Affairs and Chief Executive Officer, UC Irvine Medical Center, at an annual salary of $659,000, an increase of 22% over the salary of former UC Irvine Medical Center CEO Maureen Zehntner who's [sic] 2008 annual salary was $538,000.""

Yes, clearly that's the main reason to object to the cuts. /facepalm

"In planning next year's budget, the board voted Monday afternoon to cut bus trips by about one-fourth and lay off nearly 400 bus drivers, supervisors and maintenance workers."

"On Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California proposed a midyear budget cut of $65.5 million for the University of California system — on top of the $48 million reduction already in the budget."

"Probably we will never know for sure how accurate Shoebat's autobigraphy is, but even so, a brief survey of some of Shoebat's recent pronouncements must cause his backers some discomfort, for the simple reason that they are obviously preposterous. "

"Shoebat's claim to have bombed Bank Leumi in Bethlehem is rejected by members of his family who still live in the area, and Bank Leumi says it has no record of such an attack ever taking place. His relatives, members of the Shoebat family, are mystified by the notion of "Walid Shoebat" being an assumed name."

Nice guys, the Taliban, not so bad once they abduct you and you get to know them.

"FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agent followed a "suspicious" truck onto campus. She said the truck "had the signage painted over and no visible license plates.""

"FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agent was "in the course of an investigation that brought him to the campus" but declined to elaborate."

"Keirstead will use a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in which a patient's DNA is transplanted into a donated unfertilized egg cell in order to generate stem cell lines with the same genetic makeup of the patient."

"Nearly a year after a top FBI official said the agency does not monitor students at UCI, police are investigating an incident in which a Muslim student says he was threatened by a federal agent."

"UC Irvine stands to gain millions of dollars now that the final obstacle has been removed to floating an unprecedented $3 billion in state bonds to fund research on human embryonic stem cells."

"UC Irvine will become one of the few centers in the world with a major program in therapeutic cloning, the controversial attempt to generate embryonic stem cells from people who suffer such afflictions as spinal cord injuries and Parkinson's disease."

"The students will vote on whatever I tell them to vote on!! ALL HAIL ME! KINGMAKER!" etc.