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Asian image evolvesThe stereotype of hard work and discipline can boost performance as well as create stress.In 1970, Asians made up only 1 percent of the U.S. population, but by 2011, they accounted for 5 percent. Not only is the Asian population the fastest-growing racial group in the country today, but the number of Asian immigrants surpassed the numJENNIFER ber of Latino imLEE, PH.D. migrants last SOCIOLOGY year. PROFESSOR Asian Americans are often associated with the values of hard work, discipline and success. But it hasnt always been this way. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Anglo-Americans viewed Asians as undesirable and unassimilable immigrants, full of filth and disease. They were denied the rights to naturalize and intermarry and were segregated in crowded ethnic enclaves. Yet despite decades of institutional discrimination and racial prejudice, the status of Asian Americans has changed dramatically. Today, they have the highest median household incomes, the lowest levels of residential segregation and the highest rates of intermarriage. How did the status of Asian Americans change so dramatically in the 20th century? My research indicates that the answer lies, in part, in the change in the selectivity of Asian immigration that is, how Asian immigrants differ from nonmigrants. Those who immigrated to the United States after the 1965 ImS E E A S I A N PA G E 2

PETER IS A DAD, AGAINThe spunky, 4-month-old anteater with mohawk-like hair could not keep her low profile for long. After all, she is the second love child of Peter the Anteater UC Irvines flesh-and-blood mascot and his mate, Heesoo of Troy. The family of three lives at the Santa Ana Zoo, where visitors often come decked out in UCI clothing to see them. The UC Irvine Alumni Association in 2009 paid $15,000 to name the furry mammal after their schools beloved mascot and helped the zoo raise $6,000 for his purchase and transport. JESSICA Peters new baby, nicknamed RUBIO REGISTER Chive, appears as if she is going WRITER through a rebel phase when her hair sticks straight up as she surfs on her mothers back through the 2.5-acre South American grassland exhibit called Tierra De Las Pampas. Also in the exhibit are llamalike creatures called guanacos and ostrichlike birds called rheas. But theres no doubt the anteaters are the stars of the show. Chive likes to stick out her long adhesive tongue at her father through a wired gate, but the 10-year-old, 120-pound Peter brushes his daughters attitude away. Hes laid-back, said zoo director Kent Yamaguchi, who graduated from UC Irvine in 1983 and 84 with degrees in biology and applied ecology. HeS E E B A B Y PA G E 2

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UC Irvines real-life Peter the Anteater mascot navigates the Santa Ana Zoo.

Real-life UCI mascot and his mate, Heesoo of Troy, have a second daughter. Zookeepers hope the two insectivores wont stop there. EVEN AN ANTEATER GETS A MAKEOVER ONCE IN AWHILE.

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Mathematician and card-counting guru Edward Thorp has been chosen for UC Irvine Alumni Associations highest honor, the Extraordinarius award. Thorp took the gambling industry by storm in the 1960s, challenging the way people played blackjack with his own devised methods on mathematical probability. Hes also known for cocreating a wearable computer to increase odds at roulette. PAGE 6

Zot! your heart outThe story of how the quirky anteater became UC Irvines official mascot in 1 965 involves two water polo players, a marketing-savvy Beverly Hills native, a Playboy Bunny button and a student election in which None of the Above finished second. And the schools battle cry, Zot!, was inspired by B.C., the popular comic strip created by John L. Hart. PAGE 2

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ZOT! ZOT! RIGHT TO THE TOPHow the unconventional anteater became the campus mascot at UC Irvine.In the summer of 1965, water polo players Bob Ernst and Pat Glasgow transferred to the brand new University of California, Irvine and quickly realized that the university, set to open JESSICA in fall, had RUBIO no mascot. REGISTER We can WRITER name this school any name we want to, Ernst said, looking back. We ought to be the guys to figure out the nickname. The two roommates tossed around mascot ideas between practices the entire summer and finally came up with the Anteater. Why? It was unique and original, they said. By the first water polo match, Ernst and Glasgow had the entire team on board with the Anteater and had the players chant, Anteater, Ra! Even the fans started bringing anteater posters and signs to the matches in support of their crusade. Schuyler Basset, a Beverly Hills native who lived in the dorms with Ernst and Glasgow, helped kick their campaign into high gear with his marketing smarts, Ernst said. In October 1965, he redesigned the Playboy Bunny icon into an anteater image for campaign butbattle cry is the noise the anteater character from the B.C. comic strip made when attacking its prey. (The long-running comic strip by Johnny Hart became popular in the 1960s). The quirky Anteater struck a chord with UC Irvine students, and in November of 1965 an election was held to decide the mascot. Alongside the Anteater on the ballot were Unicorn, Seahawk, Bearcat, Golden Eagle, Roadrunner, Bison, Centaur and Toro and None of the Above. The voter turnout was 1,589 students, and Anteater was chosen with 56 percent of the vote, with None of the Above coming in second. Despite its popularity among the student body, the furry creature wasnt popular with an unnamed campus administrator, who believed it was undignified and too far out, according to UC Irvine historical archives. Some speculated that the anteater would not last. But the student body was firmly behind the long-nosed, furry mammal all the way, and five decades later, the Anteater still reigns.C O N TA C T T H E W R I T E R :

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A version of this image showing UCIs mascot appeared in the book UCI: The First 25 Years. A student campaign in UCIs inaugural year secured the role for the Anteater.

tons to promote the Anteater as the universitys mascot. He pushed the whole thing and got it through, said Charlie Brande, Bas-

sets roommate. Basset handed out the Playboy Anteater buttons, fliers and bumper stickers that read Vote for the Anteater and UCI Zot! on

the walkway of the small park on campus and at water polo and basketball games, Ernst and Brande said. Zot! the UC Irvine

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PETERS THE MASCOTS BIOSex: Male Age: 42 (He was named in 1 97 1.) Hometown: Irvine Stature: A buff 6-foot-9 Sign: Sagittarius Education: In college Major: Spirit, loyalty, entertainment and tradition Minor: Myrmecology (the scientific study of ants) Clubs: UC Irvine athletics, Antourage booster group, Greek organizations, UCI Cheer Squad and Dance Team, Cross-Cultural Center, Associated Students, student housing and other student groups Movies: Empire of the Ants and Antz TV: UC Irvine sporting events on ESPN, Fox Sports West, CBS College Sports Network Source: UC Irvine

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TRIVIAPeter goes to Washington In June 2007, Peter the Anteater flew with the UC Irvine mens volleyball team to Washington, D.C., to be honored by President George W. Bush. The president was given a plush anteater as a souvenir. Lovable college mascot award In the Best of America May 20 1 1 issue of Readers Digest, Peter ranked fourth as the most lovable college mascot in the nation. Anteaters on campus There are eight anteater statues on the UC Irvine campus, including three in bronze and a stuffed anteater in a Plexiglas case. UCI places, things named for the mascot Anthill Pub and Grille BCs Cavern Food Court The Hill, the recently named bookstore Zotmail, the campus email system Zotalert, UCIs emergency text message system Source: UC Irvine

wanders around; he likes to eat and sleep, and he likes to just explore. Peters mate, Heesoo, is also 10 years old. But she weighs 100 pounds and is more determined, Yamaguchi said. She knows she wants to get places; she knows that she needs to look here or there; they (Peter and Heesoo) are just different personalities. Peter and Heesoos first offspring, a female named Sprout born in 2011, takes after Heesoo and now lives at the San Antonio Zoo with another male anteater. Sprout has been bossy, Yamaguchi said. The male that is with her now knows whos in charge; she is also more adventuresome. Typically, wild anteaters consume 30,000 ants and termites per day. Instead of ants, Peter and his family are fed special pellets with the nutrients of an ant, or a green smoothie of cat food, bananas, papaya, spinach and hard-boiled eggs. In a matter of minutes, Peter can vigorously slurp

migration and Nationality Act have been far more highly selected than those who migrated earlier. Among recent Asian immigrants between the ages of 25 and 64, 61 percent have at least a bachelors degree more than double the U.S. average of 28 percent. The high selectivity of Asian immigration after 1965 produced positive stereotypes of Asian Americans that are reinforced in schools by teachers and guidance counselors who presume that Asian students are smart, disciplined and highachieving. This can generate what I refer to as stereotype promise the promise of being viewed through the lens of a positive stereotype that leads one to perform in such a way that confirms the positive stereotype resulting in a self-fulfilling prophecy about Asian American students. While negative stereotypes can depress the performance of high-achieving African American students through stereotype threat, my research shows how positive stereotypes can serve as a performance booster and enhance the performance of Asian American students through stereotype promise. However, there are a host of unintended consequences to positive stereotyping. Not only do positive stereotypes place extraordinary pressure on Asian American students to excel, but it makes them feel like abject failures when they do not and places them at a disadvantage in competing for spots at top universities. Moreover, not all Asian Americans are highly educated. Vietnamese, Cambodian and Hmong immigrants have lower levels of educational attainment than the average American. And the poverty rate for these groups as well as for Chinese and Koreans is higher than the U.S. average.Jennifer Lee is a sociology professor at UC Irvine. She earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University. Her research interests are immigration, race/ethnicity, social inequality and Asian American studies.

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Chive the baby anteater sticks her tongue out next to her mother, Heesoo, at their exhibit at Santa Ana Zoo.

up his food with his 18-inch tongue, Yamaguchi said. Heesoo, he said, is more of an elegant eater. Guests of the Santa Ana Zoo often visit the anteater exhibit decked out in UC Irvine clothing, eager to see the giant, odd-looking Peter the Anteater, said Yamaguchi. I am proud to be an Anteater, said Yamaguchi, who has an anteater shrine in his office. The Santa Ana Zoo and

Yamaguchi hope that more little anteaters are in Peters and Heesoos future for two reasons. First, anteaters are the most majestic animals in the world, Yamaguchi said. Second, the captive U.S. population of about 100 anteaters needs a larger gene pool in order to grow, and Peter and Heesoo are from South America. The zoo is still looking for a donor to sponsor Chive.

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DAN LITTLE, HRL LABORATORIES

Metallic microlattice is so light that it can sit atop dandelion seeds without damaging them.

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UC Irvine students run across campus in their underwear during the Undie Run in 2009.

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C Irvine researchers helped create the worlds lightest metal a pliable, microlattice material made mostly of air. It has the potential to be used as a one-piece body for an unmanned drone aircraft, researchers said. The ongoing project has received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and is spearheaded by HRL Laboratories, which is owned by Boeing and General Motors. Popular Mechanics magazine has labeled the microlattice a world-changing innovation. In nickel, the lattice has a density of 0.9 milligrams per cubic centimeter, about 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. It has the ability to recover completely after being compressed by 50 percent. It is made up of 99.99 percent air and 0.01 percent solid material. The material can be created in less than a minute. The lattice tube walls have a thickness of 100 nanometers 1,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair.

STUDENTS UNDIE RUN TO BENEFIT CHARITYFor many college students, Undie Runs are just another excuse to let loose and go wild as an academic term comes to a close. But some UC Irvine students are seeking a way to give back to the ANNA community ILIFF in addition REGISTER to satisfying WRITER the primal urge to strip down and stampede their campus. So, on June 6, hundreds of UCI students will literally give the shirts off their backs as well as any other articles of clothing they can think of to Orange County Rescue Mission. Last year, more than 600 students gathered at the flagpoles to strip down to their skivvies and donate their clothes, said Chris Proffitt, former event organizer and UCI student. We filled two cars worth of blankets and clothInitiative to collect donations on the night of the event. He has also partnered with the Electronic Dance Union to provide entertainment before the run. And Muscle Milk will provide beverages to Undie Run participants, he said. The Undie Run is different because the focus is the donation aspect, Edquist said. Its not just about coming in your underwear and running, its about giving back to the community and also building a community (for) the students. Im very excited about it. I think its going to be a dream come true. Participants in the spring Undie Run will take a midnight lap around campus, running through highly populated areas on and off campus, including libraries, study halls and the University Town Center across the street from the campus.C O N TA C T T H E W R I T E R :

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Students strip down and donate clothes during last years spring Undie Run.

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ing, Proffitt said. Our goal was to design a fun, safe environment for students to participate in something well out of the ordinary and give back to the community. Making it a charitable event was also thought to add legitimacy to the shenanigans. Previous Undie Runs at UCI have been spontane-

ous, student-led events with little planning. This year, senior Kyle Edquist is seeking to provide the biggest and most organized nearly-nude charitable event to ever take place at the university. His goal: 1,000 students. Edquist has partnered with a student club known as the Homeless Blanket

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HOW ITS MADEThe process begins with a lattice infrastructure made of polymer that is then coated with an extremely thin layer of metal such as nickel or copper, in a process similar to plating. Once completely covered, the polymer is chemically etched and dissolved away, leaving a hollowed-out piece of metallic lattice. The polymer microlattice structure can be coated, cast, replicated and converted into a variety of materials and thicknesses. Materials that the lab has turned into the lattice include nickel, copper, aluminum, superalloy, ceramic, alumina, silicon carbide, carbon and gold.

Open education is essentialOpen and free education has become a permanent fixture of higher education. Every major university in the world will soon create and use online curricula, allowing people around the G A RY world to M AT K I N learn and DEAN thrive. AT UCI Whats more, universities and colleges will need open education to remain vital and relevant. For those of us who have been active in the Open Educational Resources and OpenCourseWare movements, the question now becomes: Will universities be able to muster the institutional resources and willingness to adopt free and open practices and technologies? At UC Irvine, we believe it is essential. Heres how were leading the way. In 2001, UCI received the first in a series of more than $1 million in grants from the Hewlett Foundation to advance open education. In 2006 we established a website that now offers more than 93 open courses and more than 800 video lectures. As a charter member, UCI joined the OCW Consortium, which now offers 30,000-plus open courses from 281 institutions around the world. At the same time, iTunes U and YouTube provided institutions with the ability to publish courses on their sites. This huge store of free university classes created a gravitational pull, but it needed a catalyst to be taken seriously. That catalyst occurred in 2011 when professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University offered the first publically recognized massive open online course, or MOOC, in artificial intelligence that enrolled more than 160,000 students. Within six months, three venture-based organizations, including Coursera, Udacity and edX were established to exploit this new phenomenon of open education. UC Irvine became one of the first 33 toptier universities to partner with Coursera last September. By January our six Coursera courses had enrolled more than 250,000 students. It is little wonder that last month Darrell Steinberg, president pro tem of the California Senate, introduced SB520, which if passed could compel California state colleges and universities to accept credit for MOOCs. The Legislature sees these courses as an answer to overcrowding and higher costs in public higher education a free resource, generated by the top universities. The leaders of the three California systems (UC, CSU and community colleges) tentatively supported Steinbergs initiative, while faculty members generally remained skeptical, asserting the bill would intrude on the academic integrity of degree programs. Lost in the MOOC controversy are the much more profound and highly positive effects the courses will have on learning opportunities for millions of people around the world. Students will soon be able to find and use a full curriculum rather than individual courses. Early last month, for example, UCIs chemistry department made its entire undergraduate curriculum in chemistry available on YouTube. Prospective and current UC students can now review or preview the experience of a UC chemistry class. Professor James Nowicks class has reached participants from India, Ethiopia and Botswana. An earlier example of the power of open learning incorporated what is now called adaptive learning. With funding from the Hewlett Foundation, UCI created a program for teachers studying for the California CSET exams, which qualifies them to teach high school math and science. These in-depth tutorials provided exam-takers with customized learning pathways, shaped by their own prior levels of knowledge and gaps, to master the CSET test requirements. Thousands of teachers have taken advantage of this resource. These initiatives are just the beginning. With larger cohorts of learners enrolled in MOOCs and more, we will be able to use big data to analyze learning patterns to improve and customize instruction based on learning problems experienced and resolved by many students. We will use analytics to predict student outcomes as early as the first week in a course, so we can provide timely interventions to help students stay on track. Our goal will be to have every enrolled student get and deserve an A+ in every introductory course through the use of new technologies and guidance provided by great faculty.Gary Matkin is dean of continuing education, distance learning and summer session for UC Irvine and is a nationally recognized expert in those areas. He created the University of Californias first online degree program a masters in criminology, law and society at UCI.

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The material can be used to greatly reduce the weight of aircraft and cars, said Bill Carter, one of the HRL Laboratories inventors of the material. Possible applications include battery electrodes, catalyst supports, shock-energy damping, lightweight airplane construction and thermal absorption. It can be sandwiched between two thin sheets of metal to reduce weight or humidity. The structure allows for fluid flow, radically improving heat management. Hollow lattices can exchange heat between two fluids up to five times more efficiently than todays heat exchangers. A metals vibration-damping capability can improve tenfold when formed into this ultralight microlattice, which has significant value for use in vehicles and aircraft. Source: UC Irvine and HRL Laboratories

RESEARCH TEAMLorenzo Valdevit, UC Irvine assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, helped determine the optimal design and architecture for the microlattice in regards to desired characteristics for the product, such as stiffness, weight or thickness. Valdevit and his graduate students developed the mechanical model that predicts how microlattice materials should behave. Other principal researchers include Bill Carter, Alan Jacobsen, Tobias Schaedler from HRL Laboratories and Julia Greer from the California Institute of Technology.

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UCI SPORTSAthletes recognized as scholarsBy DAN ARRITTFOR THE REGISTER

Two athletes from UC Irvine were recently named Big West Conference Scholar-Athletes of 2012.

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SAM HYAMSHyams, a senior distance runner for the mens cross country and track and field teams, was one of 10 men from the 10-team conference to receive the honor. Hyams completed his cross-country career with a 15th-place finish at the Big West Conference Championships in October at UC Riverside, touring the eight-kilometer course in 24:52.2, good enough for third on his team and 15th overall, helping the Anteaters to a third-place finish in the team standings. In track and field, he ranks seventh in program history in the 1,500. Hyams is a political science major who plans to enter law school and specialize in public policy. Hes interning with U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal.

Sophomore Connor Spencer, the Anteaters leading hitter, keeps his eyes on the ball.

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hen baseball players are feeling sharp at the plate, they often describe how clear theyre seeing the ball. Connor Spencer feels like hes looking through a telescope. The sophomore first baseman and designated hitter for the UC Irvine baseball team hit .420 through the first 22 games of this season, tops by a wide margin among all players in the 10-team Big West Conference. When things are going well, the ball does look like a watermelon, Spencer said.

In the first 22 games, Spencer was also tied for the conference lead in hits (34), second in doubles (eight) and fourth in total bases (46). And he only struck out four times, by far the toughest player to strike out on the Anteaters. Hes doing his best not to get too caught up in all the impressive numbers, however. Im just trying to relax and have fun with it, he said. The most important thing is the W and not focusing on the individual accomplishments. And besides, stepping in the batters box has been a piece of cake compared with what his teammates are nudging him to do again this season.

Spencer is also a singer and songwriter, having performed in three different choirs while at Tesoro High School in Rancho Santa Margarita. Before a home game last season against Washington, his teammates talked him into singing the national anthem. Spencer said he was absolutely more nervous at that moment than any other during his freshman season. Does that mean he wont return for an encore? I definitely need to be persuaded, he said. What remains more definite is Spencers value to the team as the season moves into the most critical part. The strength of the Anteaters this spring was ex-

pected to be their pitching staff, which through March 28 averaged second in the Big West behind Cal State Fullerton. But the offense, led by Spencer, has been making its own statement. The Anteaters were hitting a conference-leading .297. Throw in a defense that owned the best fielding percentage heading into the weekend (.989) and UCI seems to have all its bases covered. This year, we have more bats and power than in recent years, said fifth-year senior catcher/first baseman Ronnie Shaeffer. Guys like Connor have some good pop. As a freshman last season, Spencer hit .306 in 54

games, joining three seniors in hitting better than .300. He tied for the team lead with five triples and struck out just 20 times in 170 at-bats. During one stretch, he had a 10-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 16 consecutive games. He began this season hitting No. 4 in the batting order and went 6-for-11 in a season-opening threegame sweep against Baylor. Through the first 22 games, Spencer had a base hit, scored a run or delivered an RBI in every game. Spencer said the key has been remaining locked in with the task at hand. Each at bat is different, but I just try to keep the same approach, he said.

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KRISTIN WINKLERWinkler, who recently completed her senior season with the womens volleyball team, also joined nine others from across the conference. Winkler was a defensive specialist, or libero, for the Anteaters, earning All-Big West and AVCA-Region honors. She became the alltime conference leader in digs during her senior season, finishing with 2,260. Winkler made the Deans List in 10 consecutive quarters while majoring in business administration, including a stretch in which she studied abroad in Paris. Shes completing her undergraduate degree in the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.

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Kelsey Klatt takes a shot during a water polo match against UC Davis. The Anteaters won.

COMING UPJunior middle blocker Collin Mehring set a school record for block assists with 1 4 against BYU. Big West Challenge Cup Track and Field When: 3 p.m. April 1 2 Where: Anteater Stadium Cost: Adult $ 1 0, youth $5 UCI Womens Water Polo vs. UC Santa Barbara When: 7 p.m. April 1 3 Where: Crawford Pool Cost: Free UCI Mens Baseball vs. Cal State Northridge When: 8 p.m. April 1 3-1 4 Where: Cicerone Field, Anteater Ballpark Cost: Adult $8 advance, $ 1 0 on game day; youth $5 Junior Marivick Mamiit serves against a New Mexico State foe. She won.Information and tickets: ucirvinesports.com or 949-8245000.

Freshman tennis player Jonathan Poon goes to his backhand against an opponent from the University of Central Florida.

All-American Kevin Tillie led UC Irvine with 20 kills against BYU.

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Zeny Harrington, right, shows one of her flowers to Sharon Rawlins at a previous orchid festival at UCI Arboretum. Admission to the arboretum is free. formalizing the notion of a mathematical proof in terms that are still accepted today. Every other year, UCIs Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science hosts a conference in his honor during which experts on Freges work come together to present their current research. The event is 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at UCI Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1 32 1. Free admission. Information: 949-824-1 520, www. socsci.uci.edu. string or 1 2-string guitar or simply telling a story, Arlo has retained the power to move his listeners. Join Arlo Guthrie in honoring the enduring legacy of Woody Guthrie with an unforgettable night of music and stories confirming that the folk tradition of Woody is alive and well. The concert is at 8 p.m. A second concert is April 1 4 at 4 p.m. at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive. Admission: $25-$46. Information: 949-854-4607, thebarclay.org.

THEATERA Private Dream: An immigrant painter and artist, who is diagnosed with Alzheimers, shares a dream of his past. The play, which is in Farsi, is at 8:30 p.m. at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4 1 99 Campus Drive. Admission: $48-$93. Information: 949-854-4607, thebarclay.org.

FILMMothers Soul: This film set includes the short film, Hanoi Public Market Mothers Soul. The film is at 1 p.m. at 1 00 UCI Humanities Instructional Building. Admission: $8-$ 1 0. Information: 949-824-6 1 1 7.

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Abraam Girgis cant keep the hula hoop going on the lawn at Aldrich Park during a previous Wayzgoose.

Celebrate UCI offers car show, family funhousands of students, associates and community members are expected to flock to Aldrich Park for the annual Celebrate UCI day on April 20. Festivities at the family-friendly, free-admission event will include a campuswide open house, a car show and Wayzgoose.Wayzgoose, one of the oldest traditions at UC Irvine, is a student-run festival that showcases hundreds of student organizations and offers free and paid activities and entertainment for the community. Its the ultimate festival at UCI to enjoy food, entertainment, carnival games, a car show and much more, said Jessica Phan, an associated students vice president. Celebrate UCI is a time for proud Anteaters to come together from all corners of the campus to celebrate our pride and spirit. Associated Students of UCI has partnered with facilities management to ensure that the Wayzgoose festival is a zero waste event, meaning that at least 90 percent of waste from the event will be diverted from entering a landfill. In an effort to reduce the output of trash, a water bottle

Celebrate UCIWhere: UC Irvine main campus, Aldrich Park When: 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 20; car show is 1 0 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: Free; car show registration $25 Parking: Free in campus parking structures Information: celebrate.uci.edu or 949-8245 1 82; car show information 9495 1 0-295 1

tuesday 1 6thEXHIBITIONEvidence ... works by Paul Vanouse: This exhibition utilizes light boxes, live biological experiments, DNA electrophoresis gels and interactive performers in the gallery to reveal varying aspects of DNA. Included in the exhibition are Suspect Inversion Center, which investigates how DNA evidence was used in the O.J. Simpson murder case, and Latent Figure Protocol, which uses DNA samples to create unique images. The exhibition is open from noon to 5 p.m. at Beall Center for Art and Technology, 7 1 2 Arts Plaza, Irvine. Free admission. Information: 949-824-6206, beallcenter.uci.edu.

saturday 1 3thGARDENArboretum: The Arboretums nursery grows a variety of unique, easy-togrow plants well suited to Southern California. Highlights in April are the red and yellow/gold painted lady, the delicate blue of the natal fairy lily and colorful succulents like the black rose with its contrasting yellow flowers. The nursery is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at UC Irvine, south of Campus Drive and Jamboree Road. Free admission and parking. Information: 949-824-3738.

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refilling station will be made available for attendees. The 15th annual Car Show on the Green will be hosted by the UC Irvine Police Department. Registration will include food, drinks and a surprise car show collectible item. Awards will be offered in 23 categories, ranging from best of show to best work in progress. Celebrate UCI attendees will also have the opportunity to explore campus housing and learn more about departmental programs and majors. Walking and tram tours will be made available to the public at no cost, and information booths with a full schedule of activities will be located at the front of the campus near Langson Library.

CHARITYPearls and Pink Ribbon Soiree: Join for champagne, lunch, silent and live auction and boutique shopping. Dr. John West presents, What Every Woman Should Know about the New Breast Density Legislation. Proceeds will benefit Be Aware Foundations free Pearls of Wisdom community education program, which teaches women the importance of good breast health. The event is from 1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The UCI University Club, 80 1 E. Peltason Drive, Irvine. Admission: $65. Information: 7 1 49 1 5-3 1 0 1, beaware foundation.org.

wednesday 1 7thBOOKSAuthor Series: The Coolest Quote Book Eva: Reception and book signing to follow with author Shereen Faltas. The event is at 5 p.m. at The Hill, 2 1 0-B Student Center, Irvine. Free admission. Information: 949-824-4455, book.uci. edu.

thursday 1 1thBOOKSPico Iyer, In Conversation with Amy Wilentz: Join the Literary Journalism Program and the Department of History for a conversation between Pico Iyer and Amy Wilentz. Light refreshments, book sale and signing to follow. The conversation is at 3:30 p.m. at UC Irvine, Humanities Gateway 1 030. Free admission. Information: www. humanities.uci.edu.

through ones house. But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do? Dorothy (Frances de la Tour) wonders if an attic sale could be a solution. The play is at 7:1 5 p.m. at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4 1 99 Campus Drive. Admission: $ 1 5-$20. Information: 949-8544607, thebarclay.org.

FILMLandscapes of Memory: This documentary is about Ruth Kluger, author of Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered, a memoir that has become a standard text in many university courses and has contributed to her receiving numerous prestigious prizes and awards, including the Prix de la Shoah, the Thomas Mann Prize, the Goethe Medaille, the Heinrich Heine Medaille and the Austrian Danubius Prize. Austrian filmmaker and talk show host Renata Schmidtkunz, the 20 1 2 recipient of the Preis der Stadt Wien fr Publizistik,

THEATERNational Theatre HD People: Award-winning writer Alan Bennett is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner and Olivier Award-winning actress Frances de la Tour, with whom he worked on The History Boys and The Habit of Art. People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing

spent more than three years filming Kluger in four significant places in her life: Vienna, Irvine, Gttingen and Israel. The film premiered in October 20 1 1 in Vienna and was shown on Austrian television. Since then, Kluger and Schmidtkunz have shown it in locations around Europe and Israel, leading discussions and question-and-answer sessions. They are now on a tour of U.S. universities. A reception is at 5:30 p.m. The screening is at 6:30 p.m. at 4 1 00 Humanities Gateway, Irvine. Information: 949-824-6 1 1 7, www. humanities.uci.edu.

LECTURECan Chinas Urbanization Save the World?: As China enters the urban age (more than half its population now lives in towns and cities), a critical part of its development is the urban dream the promotion of urbanization to generate household consumption to put the economy on a sus-

tainable footing. This would steer China away from the current export- and investment-driven growth model, which has been long considered unbalanced and unsustainable. Premier Li Keqiang has championed urbanization for years. Can he do it right and help China reach its urban dream? Kam Wing Chan, geography professor at the University of Washington will discuss the potential of the China market in the 1 0th annual Wan-Lin Kiang Lecture, hosted by the Center for Asian Studies. The lecture is 6 to 8 p.m. at Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Patio and Room 1 5 1 7. Information: 949-8242566, www.socsci.uci.edu.

thursday 1 8thSYMPOSIUMDigital Storytelling: Join the Literary Journalism Program, the history department, the Office of the Campus Writing Coordinator and the Humanities Collective for a symposium on new developments in digital storytelling. The lecture is at 1 1 a.m. at 4 1 00 Humanities Gateway, HG1 0 1 0 and HG1 030. Information: 949-824-6 1 1 7, www.humanities.uci.edu.

MUSICArlo Guthrie Here Comes the Kid: Throughout his own career, Arlo Guthrie has honored his father, singer/writer/activist Woody Guthrie, in song as well as in life. In Here Comes the Kid, Arlo celebrates his fathers immeasurable contributions to the landscape of American folk music. Woodys legacy always has been well defined in Arlos own works: in his humor, his political and social activism (his 1 967 Alices Restaurant became an anthem of a generation), and his undeniable gift for storytelling. Whether playing keyboards, harmonica, six-

DANCEDance Escape: New dance works by Claire Trevor School of the Arts graduate students at 8 p.m. at Claire Trevor Theatre, 4000 Mesa Road, Irvine. Admission: $ 1 1 -$ 1 5. Information: 949-824-2787, www.arts.uci.edu.

friday 1 2thFESTIVALFregeFestIV: Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher who became famous for

ALUMNI NOTESEdith Maxwell

(Class of 74) has announced that her upcoming Maxwell book, A Tine to Live, a Tine to Die, will be published in May by Kensington Publishing. Her book is the first in the

Local Foods Mystery series. Last year, Maxwell published a murder mystery novel, Speaking of Murder, under the pseudonym Tace Baker. Michael Jungs (Class of 96) debut childrens novel, Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, was recently named a finalist for Best Middle Grade Fantasy and Science Fiction for the

2012 Childrens and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards. Jungs book has also been named a gold medal winner by the National Parenting Publications Award and a Parents Choice Awards silver medal winner. Jung will be featured in Break These Rules, a book by Luke Reynolds to be published later this year.

Jung

Motamed

Yassi Motamed (Class of 07) was selected as secondary schoolteacher of the year by Newport-Mesa

Unified. Motamed teaches algebra and pre-algebra at TeWinkle Middle School in Costa Mesa. Brian Montague (Class of 97) was honored this year with the 2012 Patients Choice Award. Dr. Montague attended medical school at Johns Hopkins after graduating valedictorian from UC Irvine in biology. He underwent a med-

ical and critical-care internship at UCLA, where he was voted outstanding intern of the year by faculty and colleagues. He went on to become chief resident during his radiology residency at UC San Diego. He completed his medical training at Stanford University. He works for SDI Diagnostic imaging in Tampa Bay, Fla.

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Card-counting guru named ExtraordinariusFormer professor Edward Thorp will be bestowed with the highest honor May 16.Edward Thorp knows his way around a deck of cards. He says that over the years hes been kicked out of casinos and that casinos have tried to deprive him of his winnings after he beat them at ANNA their own ILIFF game. REGISTER WRITER In the 1960s, he took the gambling industry by storm and challenged the way people played blackjack by using his own devised methods on mathematical probability. Today hes known as the father of card-counting. When asked if he considers playing 21 a gamble, Thorp simply laughs. Its no more of a gamble for me than it is for the casino when an ordinary player comes in, he said. Only hes on the other side. Thorp is an expert on how to beat the system, although he insists his cardcounting theory was never about the money as much as it was about challenging the conventions of a socalled unbeatable game. When he began his research on blackjack at MIT, he had already proven that another gambling game roulette was not merely a matter of chance, but one of mathematical probability and physics. his mathematical calculations to the stock market and run one of the most successful hedge funds in the United States. He is president of Edward O. Thorp and Associates in Newport Beach. Inspired by Benjamin Franklins will, his own success in the stock market and hedge fund management and mathematical probability, Thorp gave specific instructions for the endowment spend no more than 2 percent annually. It seemed to me that if I had this 2 percent rule in place, that over a period of time my donation would likely grow to a very large amount, he said. What would be a fairly modest endowed chair in the beginning would become a very spectacular one in half a century. Since the donation in 2003, Thorp said the endowment has nearly doubled. Thorp is one of 18 members of the UCI community to be honored at the 43rd annual Lauds and Laurels ceremony in May. Proceeds from the ceremony help to fund approximately $90,000 in scholarships and grants annually for the Alumni Association. He decided to retire and put his theories into practice, said Ken Janda, dean of the School of Physical Sciences. He was extremely successful and he contributed to the university both in terms of leadership and generous contributions. You couldnt ask for much more from a faculty member.C O N TA C T T H E W R I T E R :

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FELLOWSHIP FUNDS EPILEPSY RESEARCHGrad student Ryan Schutte recently received the $20,000 UCI/Stanley Behrens Public Impact Fellowship for his research in epilepsy. Schutte is a doctoral candidate in anatomy Schutte and neurobiology who has been studying fruit flies in relation to epilepsy. People have asked me why I enjoy research, and a big part of it is the possibility that discoveries we make could improve someones life in the future, he said. Schutte mentors three undergraduates who work with him on his research.

cial Movements honors Snows work in social movement research as well as his mentorship of interdisciplinary scholars. Snow has published eight books and more than 100 articles and chapters. He is to receive the award May 4.

UCI DOCTORS NAMED UC HEALTH FELLOWSDr. Maxime Cannesson, associate professor of clinical anesthesiology, and Dr. Shermeen Vakharia, vice chairwoman for quality and patient safety, have been selected for the UC Health Fellowship from the University of Californias Center for Health Quality and Innovation. Cannesson UC Irvine will receive $50,000 per fellow to pay part of their salary and Vakharia benefits. The fellowship will support Cannessons development of an enhanced aftersurgery recovery program and Vakharias project, which seeks to improve patient outcomes and reduce complications of urological surgeries.

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Edward Thorp, a former UC Irvine math professor, holds a 2002 Wilmott magazine in which he was featured.

SOCIOLOGIST RECEIVES LIFETIME AWARDDavid Snow, a distinguished professor of sociology, is the 2013 recipient of the Snow John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Scholarship of Social Movements and Collective Behavior. This award from the University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of So-

Most people didnt believe it was possible, he said. But I had learned a lot of physics in the seven years I was out of high school, and I realized it was almost certainly doable. That thought made me realize you could beat gambling games some of them anyway if you thought about it hard enough. In 1961, Thorp co-created the first wearable computer with MIT mathematician Claude Shannon. The computer, used to beat roulette, could calculate the velocity of the ball spinning on the roulette wheel and determine which five-number sequence had the highest probability of winning. Thorp had also been interested in blackjack after reading a paper which provided a way to play blackjack and break even. While teaching at MIT, he programmed an IBM 704 computer to calculate his own findings, and in 1962 he published his book, Beat

the Dealer, a guide to his card-counting methods. We had learned in math courses that you couldnt beat any of the casino games, Thorp said. But I already knew from roulette that it was wrong. Although he is internationally known for his gambling strategies, Thorps major contributions to UC Irvine have earned him the highest honor from the Alumni Association, the Extraordinarius Award, which recognizes an alumnus, alumna or UCI friend who has extraordinarily contributed to the universitys advancement. In addition to being recognized as a founding member of the UCI mathematics department and serving on the universitys financial advisory committee, Thorp, along with his wife, Vivian, funded a $1 million endowment to the mathematics program. Thorp retired from UCI in 1982 and went on to apply

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