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Officially, Daniel C. Tsang is listed as a UC Irvine lecturer and as bibliographer at its massive main library.
But the university guide doesn't mention Tsang's controversial politics, his alternative radio talk show on campus, or his role as friend and confidant to Asian American students on campus.
"To me, he's a mentor," said Julie Chaicharee, 23, a senior political science student. "If I need to know more about the Asian community, I go to him because he talks to me. He doesn't talk at me."
His newest project, a one-hour radio talk show on KUCI, the student radio station, is billed as an "alternative view of what's behind the Orange Curtain." Guests and subjects have included supporters of gay teen-agers at Fountain Valley High School, decriminalizing prostitution, and gang hysteria in Orange County.
"This is a call-in format," Tsang, 44, said. "I'm asking critical questions of my guests, and people get to call in."
The program doesn't attempt balance. "I don't do the other side," Tsang said. "All my shows are like that." After all, he said, the 4 p.m. Tuesday show is titled "Subversity."
Tsang also is adviser to RicePaper, an alternative quarterly produced by Asian American students, and he has published numerous articles with a militant bite.
He was a student during the radical '60s and took an active part in...