UCLA Today: archive April 10, 2001

BUREAU – Undergrad Admissions – A computer hacker disabled UCLA's new Admissions Decision Web site for several days beginning March 29, soon after it went online, preventing thousands of anxious students from finding out whether they were admitted. … Jonsson Cancer Center – An experimental pill for a common form of adult leukemia continues to show great promise in early studies, according to two articles in the April 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. … School of Law – Law Professor Cruz Reynoso will be leaving UCLA to hold the new Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality at the UC Davis School of Law.

MINORITY FROSH ADMITS SHOW SLIGHT INCREASE
The percentage of underrepresented students in UCLA's newly admitted freshman domestic class rose slightly, from 14% last year to 14.6% this year, according to preliminary admissions data...

EXPERTS: RECESSION ON THE WAY
Economists from the UCLA Anderson Business Forecast warned that the country will experience a recession within the next year, ending the nation's longest economic expansion on record.

UCOP OFFERS FUNDS TO EXPAND CHILD CARE
In response to the high demand for campus child care, the UC Office of the President is offering campuses non-state assistance to expand child-care services.

DATELINE UC SYSTEMWIDE – New Treasurer – The UC Board of Regents recently appointed David H. Russ, public markets managing director for the University of Texas Investment Management Company, its new treasurer and vice president for investments. … The senior boom – California must prepare now for the rapidly approaching point when the state's huge baby boom generation will begin surpassing age 65, according to a report by two leading gerontologists, UCLA's Fernando Torres-Gil of social welfare and UC Berkeley's Andrew Scharlach, along with a colleague at the University of Iowa. … On paper, on screen – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded UC a $670,000 grant, following a smaller planning grant last June, for a two-year study to explore how scholars and libraries can best integrate and preserve collections of scholarly journals that are published in both print and digital formats.

DID YOU KNOW? – With $100, United Way of Greater LA can provide early-literacy promotion books for 40 children or vision exams for 20. With $500, it can fund an eight-week parenting class for 20 parents or sponsor a mammography-screening day for 35-45 women at a local YWCA. To contribute to the UCLA-United Way Campaign, send in your donation form. For more information, go to www.ucla.edu/unitedway.

CLARK LIBRARY TO RAISE MONEY FOR RARE BOOKS
A pair of Marquis de Sade manuscripts valued at $60,000 will be unveiled at a May 6 fund-raiser for UCLA's historic William Andrews Clark Memorial Library...

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW – A job well done – Associate Vice Chancellor Al Solomon is retiring from UCLA April 11 to become the chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he will oversee business services, information technology, facilities, human resources, and planning and assessment units. … Special celebration – An event March 29 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Department of Special Collections in the Young Research Library brought together such celebrities as John Lithgow, Jane Curtin and Rene Auberjonois to read excerpts from books, manuscripts and other materials that are kept in the collections. … From Slovania – Another presidential contender will be sharing his perspectives at UCLA.

SHE ROSE FROM CLERK TO POLITICAL THEORIST
As a young girl growing up the quiet village of Maresfield in Sussex, England, Carole Paterman followed a rather atypical path to her current position as one of the world's leading political theorists.

NAMES AND FACES
John Hughes, Sri Renganathan, UCLA Stroke Center, Steve C. K. Liu, Milly Liang Liu
In Memoriam: Beth Treadway

CULTURE WATCH – Visual storyteller – Dean Cundey has been named Kodak Cinematographer in Residence at the School of Theater, Film and Television. … Digitally speaking – The Department of Design|Media Arts has established the EDA (Experimental Digital Arts) as a space for dialogue between disciplines, energized by public lectures, demonstrations and short-term exhibitions by people exploring how technology is changing disciplinary boundaries and creating new fields of creative inquiry. … The reel thing – UCLA film and television student Peter Hunziker's film short "You Too Could Be a Winner" was selected by a panel of industry experts as the recipient of the 2001 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award. … Coming attraction – World-acclaimed choreographer and dancer William Forsythe will be in residence as a Regents' Lecturer in the Department of World Arts and Cultures April 16-20.

ARCHIVE TO ENSURE FUTURE OF FEATURE FILMS
Fifty or a hundred years from now, when film historians mount a retrospective of turn-of-the-21st-century films, they'll be assured of locating pristine prints of "Gladiator," "Erin Brockovich," and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

SALUTE TO A MAN WHO REFUSED TO LET MUSIC DIE
Part anthropologist, part musicologist, Harry Smith was an avant-garde artist of the mid-20th century with an intuitive ear for history.

PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES SURREAL LANDSCAPES, LUMINOUS SCENES
Little did James Welling realize as an emerging photographer that he would help chart the course of contemporary American photography.

COMMUNITY BULLETINS – Opportunity knocks – Campus Human Resources is recruiting employees interested in the 2001-02 Professional Development Program, a one-year, leadership and career-enhancement program that offers advanced skills training, mentoring, networking and career assessment to train managers and professionals. … Employee training – New courses are being offered this month by Campus Human Resources as part of its Training and Development Program. … 2001 Mac limits – A personal MAC statement was recently mailed out to all employees who contributed to the 403(b) around April 1 last year and to all employees who did not contribute around May 15 last year. … Paycheck changes – The University of California is changing the way it withholds an employee's portion of medical, dental, vision and legal premiums for those paid on a biweekly payment schedule.

WEB WATCH – To represent one of the nation's leading university housing programs, UCLA Housing has unveiled its new Web site. Found at www.housing.ucla.edu, the site provides a new look, feel and easy, intuitive navigation, as well as the most current housing information and helpful resources, such as virtual tours and online forms.

SCHOOL COMMUNITIES SHARE EXPERIENCES OF URBAN CLASSROOM
Like many public school teachers in Los Angeles, Inglewood kindergarten teacher Cicely Morris faces the daunting task of developing young minds in an environment characterized by scarce resources and challenging social problems.

LONG-TERM ELECTRICITY CONTRACTS ARE NEEDED
The California energy system is a mess. Consumer prices are up 40%, the utility companies are bankrupt and the state has become the electricity provider of the last resort...

ATHLETES, NOT ARMIES, OUR NEW HEROES
If Secretary of State Colin Powell ever ascents to the presidency, he may be one of the last war heroes to accomplish that feat...

WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
WHY NOT GO NATIVE AND CREATE A TRUE CALIFORNIA GARDEN?
Did you know, more than 5,000 different species of plants are native to California, and about a third of them occur naturally nowhere else?

CAMPUS PRESERVE NURTURES PLANTS, PEOPLE
You may already have discovered it, stumbled upon it or heard via the grapevine how to get there... The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.