Looking for some entertainment?  Finding yourself with no plans this FRIDAY NIGHT?  Well come check out SOULSTICE starring your local UCI Anteaters!  General Admission tickets are only $10!  Tickets can be purchased at their official Soulstice website at: www.asuci.uci.edu/soulstice! Soulstice is a student run event that strives to increase the morale of the school by discovering and promoting the original and soulful talent of UCI students.  You don’t want to miss the all live comedy skits, videos, musicals, and talents!

Soulstice is also proud to support the efforts of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the UCI Medical Center (UCIMC) by donating 20% of every ticket purchase.  The Soulstice like to thank you in advance for not only being here to support these talented and up-and-coming performers, but also for helping to support the nurses and doctors who will save the lives of countless babies in crisis.

The Vietnamese American Coalition (VAC) was established at UC Irvine in 1993 by a group of undergraduates and alumni who felt concerned over the current state and the future of the Vietnamese American community, particularly that of Orange County. In order to end these concerns, VAC became politically and actively involved. Acting as a coordinating body, VAC aspires to promote active involvement within the Vietnamese American community, and to voice social and political issues pertaining to the Vietnamese American community, as well as those in Vietnam.

Since its creation, VAC has greatly impacted the Vietnamese community and the community here at UC Irvine. VAC has successfully established the Vietnamese American Mentorship Program (VAMP), the Annual Little Saigon Clean-Up, the statewide Vietnamese American Students Conference (VASC), and the annual high school outreach program, Shadow Day. VAC has also taken part in the UCI Hunger Strike for Ethnic Studies, tutoring programs, and the Nike Awareness Campaign.

Here’s a little blurb from them:

Every year at our Little Saigon Cleanup, over 400 high school and college students gather to pick up trash in the streets of our local community in Westminster. It wasn’t easy placing such a large t-shirt order within days of our event, but DTNtech both sponsored and helped us get shirts just in time for the cleanup. DTNtech is definitely one of the nicest and most helpful businesses we have ever worked with! I happily refer to DTNtech whenever people ask me who printed our organization’s shirts. Thank you, Serena and DTNtech! It’s always a pleasure. –Kevin Phung, VAC Co-Chair

Check out their website http://vacuci.weebly.com/index.html for more information!

ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,  is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.  ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Recently, we had the pleasure of working with My Truong on this project.  Here’s what she had to say about us:

I found DTNtech through yelp and after reading all their positive feedbacks, I knew that I wanted to place my tshirt orders with DTNtech.   I spoke to Vanessa and she was so wonderful and helpful from the very begining to the end.  She was very thorough and explained the process of when an order was received to the time  tshirts order is completed.   I gave her my idea and she sent me a proof within a couple of days, and it was just how I would liked it if not better.   Vanessa is very creative and understands the needs of her customers.   DTNtech gave us a discount because this event was for a charity event that hit very close to home for my family.   I would recommend DTNtech to everyone I know and will come back again for our 2nd Annual ALS Walk.   Thank you DTNtech, you rock!

They also won FIRST PLACE in most creative t-shirt design!!!!

The English version of Wikipedia, Reddit, and Craigslist are among some of the major websites that are blacked out or currently unavailable.  Other websites like Google, Mozilla, Wired, WordPress, and even Lolcats have blocked out certain portions of their website and put up anti-SOPA statements to protest these controversial bills.  The response from the Internet community has certainly gotten the attention of the White House.  However, Protect IP (the Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act) is a similar bill to SOPA and is scheduled to go before the Senate on January 24^th.  Gaudiosi, a contributor to Forbes, claims this “poses a problem for gamers and Internet users.”

He writes:

Both SOPA and Protect IP attempt to combat online piracy by preventing American search engines like Google and Yahoo from directing users to sites distributing stolen content. Both bills also would enable people and companies to sue if their copyright was infringed.  Obama has come out against both bills, which killed SOPA and puts pressure on senators come January 24^th. The full White House response can be read here.

To view the full article, please see here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/01/16/obama-says-so-long-sopa-killing-controversial-internet-piracy-legislation/

They say every voice counts when it comes to politics.  Now, it’s your chance to protect your Internet community by signing this petition: http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

According to Julianne Pepitone from CNNMoney, supporters of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) aim to close U.S. search engines’ access to “rogue” overseas sites.

SOPA tackles that by moving up the chain. If you can’t force overseas sites to take down copyrighted work, you can at least stop U.S. companies from providing their services to those sites. You can also make it harder for U.S. Internet users to find and access the sites.

To continue reading the article, please see this link: http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/17/technology/sopa_explained/index.htm

If you want to take a stand on this issue and vote “NO” on this issue, tell Congress to stop this bill by going to this link: http://sopastrike.com/modal/strike-modal/index.html

Not too long ago, CSULB Circle K’ers were volunteering at the Long Beach Marathon on October 9th, 2011. They were spotted wearing their club t-shirts! Their club theme this year is “Avatar: The Last Airbender“.  They did a TERRIFIC job on cheering for the runners and their posters were also a boost of encouragement.  :-)

Here are two close up pictures of their CSULB CKI’s Club T-shirts:

Check out their website for updates and more information: http://csulbcki.weebly.com/index.html

Placer High School Seniors were feelin’ creative this year. They ordered white t-shirts with their imprint on the front and back. Once they received their order, they tie-dyed all of their shirts! Here’s what Kendall Odom had to say about us:

dtntech did a fantastic job on our Senior T-shirts. We wanted a strong front and back design because we knew we’d be tie dying them, and the printing showed up perfectly even after the shirts had been dyed. The design was also the perfect size on the shirts, and they were printed exactly how we envisioned them. We needed our shirts quickly, and dtntech worked with us to ensure that our shirts arrived on time. In our first day of selling we sold every single shirt, and we will be placing another order for the almost 100 seniors on our waiting list. Thank you for your cooperation and great work!

Their shirts were such a success, they’re currently placing another order!  We are so happy to provide your apparel!!

What is Alpha Iota Pi?  It’s fraternity for the School of Pharmacy, which was founded in the 1951.  Recently, we had the pleasure of working with Katherine Ven from USC Alpha Iota Pi! Here’s a little comment from her:

Just wanted to thank you again for the t-shirts! It was truly a pleasure working with you and your company, and I really appreciate the excellent service and quality your company provided. We’re extremely pleased with the order and I will definitely recommend your company to others!  Thanks again, Katherine Ven

If you’re interested, check out their website for more updates:  http://alphaiotapi.com/

MV what? MV Bees!  This year’s CNH Key Club District Board 2011-2012 were sporting their awesome design on black hooded sweatshirts.  Here’s a group photo one of the LTG’s from Division 7 North (Feiyang Liu) sent us!

We LOVE printing and giving back to the Kiwanis organization.  We definitely look forward to working on new projects with them soon!  If you’re a high school student, find out who’s in charge of YOUR school’s Key Club.  For more information them, check out their website: http://www.keyclub.org/

Don’t get it confused with another organization with the same acronym — but we spotted LBSU’s Information Systems Student Association (ISSA) during the Business fair near CBA. You can’t miss their banana yellow shirts with printed red bow ties — definitely one order we enjoyed printing!

Stop by CBA 140A on Tuesdays at 6 PM to attend their meetings!  You MUST check out their awesome website http://www.csulb.edu/org/college/issa/– the 3-D design layout is super cool!!  Don’t forget to find them on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/csulb.issa.