THIS University Board Votes To Ban American Flag According to some shocking new reports, the University of California, Irvine just made the controversial decision to plan the United States flag from a student government work room. Resolution R50-70 was passed by the Associated Students of University of California Irvine (ASUCI) after the flag was determined to be a sign of colonialism and imperialism. The resolution claims that flags construct paradigms of conformity and sets homogenized standards for others to obtain which in this country typically are idolized as freedom, equality, and democracy. Matthew Guevara, the student responsible for writing the statement, also claims that the American flag does not express only selective aspects of its symbolism but the entire spectrum of its interpretation. The President of ASUCI, Reza Zomorrodian, is not in agreement with the removal of the flag, telling Fox News that he would periodically put the flag back up. Only six people voted for this, he told Fox News. We have 22,000 undergrads here. Six people made this decision. The UC Irvine has made huge contributions to bettering this country. This is an elected body that made a decision for the whole and will suffer the consequences of making that decision. Let is be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the Associated Students main lobby space as inclusive as possible, Guevara concluded in his statement. Let it further be resolved that no flag, of any nation, may be hanged on the walls of the Associate Student main lobby space. What do you think of the ruling? Is it absolutely ridiculous? 