Turmoil ahead at Irvine?

Note: Oddly, the LA Times has coverage of the story below but the student newspaper at Irvine seems not to have any coverage (at least based on a quick search by yours truly). Yet the event seems possibly to herald turmoil at Irvine similar to what has occurred at Berkeley.

From the LA Times:  10-22-17

In a closely divided election, a UC Irvine student who led an insurgency against establishment politics won a bitter battle Saturday for control of the California College Republicans, a triumph for provocative conservatism over a more moderate approach.

Ariana Rowlands, an ally of right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, led a slate called Rebuild, which advocates aggressive actions in campus culture wars and taking on college administrators and liberals who try to suppress the conservative voice.

Her opponent, USC graduate Leesa Danzek, works for a centrist Republican state legislator, favors inclusion and encourages students to help GOP candidates with phone banking and electioneering. She headed the Thrive slate and had led the state organization, which supports about 70 campus chapters, over the last year.

Rowlands defeated Danzek, 88-64, in the first contested election in nearly a decade but the 14-member executive board ended up evenly split between the two sides. The divide between them reflects the national battle between GOP establishment insiders and insurgents inspired by Trump...

Full story at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-college-republicans-20171021-story.html