Special Collections - Anteater Antics

Anteaters

Backstage Passes from the ASUCI Records

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The UCI campus in the decade of the 80’s was a rad venue for seeing well-known bands of the time perform. Ever heard of Missing Persons, Oingo Boingo, or X? The Associated Students of the University of California in Irvine (ASUCI) invited groups such as these to provide entertainment to the campus community.
Here are scans from just a few of the materials in this collection consisting mainly of backstage passes and oversized posters for events from 1976 to 2006.

From ASUCI records. AS-160.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8k075h7/

The collection comprises the records of the Associated Students, University of California, Irvine from 1974 to 2006. The materials in this collection consist mainly of photographs, invoices, receipts, business memoranda, correspondence, forms, internal affairs, organizing activities, backstage passes to events, and oversized posters for events such as Wayzgoose, Reggae Fest, Homecoming, and entertainment provided by ASUCI to the campus community.

– Ziba Zehdar, UCI Special Collections and Archives intern

Get Ready for Celebrate UCI!

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AS-061_S00356_016

This Saturday, April 20th, the UC Irvine campus will hold its annual Celebrate UCI event in Aldrich Park. This campus-wide celebration includes live entertainment, carnival games and rides, lots of food, arts & crafts, performances, the annual car show (15 years running!), and Wayzgoose, one of UCI’s oldest traditions. The festival also features an Open House, where many campus services will remain open in order for prospective students and the community to learn about the UCI campus. All events are free and parking is complimentary!

This celebration has been a campus favorite for decades. Here are some photos of Celebrate UCI and Wayzgoose festivals from the 1980s:

These photos and more are available to view in our reading room at Special Collections and Archives, on the 5th floor of Langson Library. They will soon be available online via the Online Archive of UCI History, which documents the first 50 years of the campus in photographs, videos, audio recordings, publications, the New University newspaper, and other publications. Check back often, as new materials are continuously being added.

Check out this video of last year’s celebrations, and get ready for another great year of Celebrate UCI!

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Photos from AS-061, UCI Communications Photographs Collection.  Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

Discover UCI

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We’d like to give a warm welcome to the newly admitted freshmen and their families who are visiting UCI this week! Here is a slideshow of students discovering the new UCI campus in the 1960s (looks a bit different now, doesn’t it?):

These images, along with thousands more, are available at the Online Archive of UCI History. The site also features videos (like the quirky Wot ZOT?), interviews with founding faculty members, and the New University student newspaper, with more coming soon!

The First UCI Men’s Basketball Game: December 1, 1965

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It’s basketball season! The very first UCI basketball game was held over 47 years ago in December, 1965. The Anteaters played the Highlanders of UC Riverside in Campus Hall (now Crawford Hall), where Chancellor Dan Aldrich and UCR Chancellor Ivan Hinderaker tipped off to begin the game.  The ‘Eaters went on to win the game with a score of 85 to 71! ZOT ZOT!

Good luck to the men as they play Cal Poly this Wednesday January 30th, and to the women as they play Pacific on Thursday January 31st!

Old-school anteater activities

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Ice Hockey Club flier, 1977 Ski Club meeting, undated Fun Club dance, 1981

Hwa Rang Do Club, “The Flowering Way to Manhood” meeting flier, 1988

Mountaineering Club meeting, 1972 Sorority Spring Rush, 1974 Disco skating party, 1978

UCI Clubs and Organizations Fliers
UCI clubs and organizations were up and running by the 1970s, providing diverse activities for anteaters, such as roller disco, ice hockey, skiing, mountaineering, martial arts, and lots of dancing! Before the proliferation of the personal computer, clubs and organizations distributed hand-made fliers to promote their events. Click here to learn how to donate your club’s publications.
UCI Clubs and Organizations Publications. PS-033. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
View the guide to this collection.