AGS News

On 1 May 2024, a memorandum was sent to several members of the University of California, Irvine administration with the subject "On the Hyper-Policing of UCLA and Its Implications for UCI". The Presidents of the Associated Graduate Students (AGS) and Associated Students of UC Irivine (ASUCI), Zoë Chaetana Miller-Vedam and Jun Jang respectively, were the authors and signatories of this memo. On 15 May 2024, another memorandum was sent to several members of the UC Irivine administration with the subject "On the Violation of Student Rights and Safety at UCI". Along with the Presidents of AGS and ASUCI, the Presidents-Elect of [...]

On 25 April 2024, a memorandum was sent to several members of the University of California, Irvine administration with the subject "Campus Climate and Policing Concerns". The Presidents of the Associated Graduate Students (AGS) and Associated Students of UC Irivine (ASUCI), Zoë Chaetana Miller-Vedam and Jun Jang respectively, were authors and signatories of this memo. On 29 April 2024, a second memorandum was sent to several members of the UC Irivine administration with the subject "Urging Against Further Escalation". Once again, both the Presidents of AGS and ASUCI were authors and signatories of this memo. In an effort to keep members [...]

On October 24, AGS passed a resolution affirming our commitment to supporting all UC Irivine graduate students and condemning the failure of Chancellor Gillman to acknowledge the violence experienced by people in Palestine. On October 10, Chancellor Gillman sent an email to the student body that acknowledged the “horrific massacre of innocent individuals in Israel by Hamas.” However, he failed to acknowledge that, at the time of his email, Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza had already killed 830 Palestinian civilians. Violence against Palestinian civilians has only continued to escalate; as of October 24, more than 5,700 Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank have [...]