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Reuters

‘America Is the Land of Opportunity’: Microaggression on Campus!

Former U.S. Director of Homeland Security and current University of California President Janet Napolitano is reportedly training professors in the UC system how to avoid using alleged microaggresions, which now include such patriotic expressions as “America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race,” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”

UC Irvine (Chris Nugent / UC Irvine)

Gunman Turns Himself In at UC Irvine

A man with a gun at UC Irvine who caused a brief lockdown prior to a Tuesday afternoon induction ceremony for the school’s new chancellor, Howard Gillman, called the police and turned himself in after seeing an alert that he was being sought.

AP

UC Irvine Flag Meeting Canceled Due to Threats

Threats of violence directed at students forced UC Irvine administrators to cancel a Tuesday night student meeting meant to discuss the transient decision to remove the American flag from the lobby of the student government’s building.

UC Irvine (Chris Nugent / UC Irvine)

‘Veto’ Says UCI Student Government to American Flag Ban

Executive Cabinet members of the Associated Students of University of California Irvine (UCI) voted Saturday to overturn a resolution banning the hanging of the American flag, echoing the words of an earlier statement from the university that called the ban “misguided.”