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2003
May 28, 2003 (Vol. 23,
No. 15)
NEWS
BUREAU BRIEFS
Campus Laurels – Four UCLA scholars have been
elected as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences …
Commencement – Nearly 3,000 students from the College
of Letters and Science will receive degrees on June 13 at 5 p.m. in Pauley
Pavilion … Academic Senate – Don’t
switch to semesters. That was the overwhelming result of a referendum
conducted by the Academic Senate from May 5-16 to advise the chancellor
on a possible switch of the academic calendar from quarters to semesters.
UC BUDGET STILL UNCERTAIN
AS DEBATE CONTINUES
Gov. Gray Davis’ May Revision to his 2003-04 budget
plan spared the University of California from additional cuts. However,
as of presstime, state lawmakers continued to wrangle over alternate proposals
that might cut even deeper.
CESAR CHAVEZ CENTER FLOURISHES
IN FIRST DECADE
In the 10 years since UCLA converted its undergraduate
program in Chicano studies into the César E. Chávez Center
for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies, this
field of study has flourished so remarkably at UCLA that a proposal has
been submitted to give the center departmental status.
COST-SAVING MEASURES ENACTED
As part of UCLA’s ongoing response to the state budget
crisis, Chancellor Albert Carnesale is calling upon departments to implement
a variety of cost-saving measures intended to reduce administrative expenses
across the campus.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS BRIEFS
College Honors — Richard and Barbara Bergman, long-time
volunteers and supporters of the university, received the 2003 Honorary
Fellow Award of the College of Letters and Science on May 12 ... Arthritis
Drugs — A new study by UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System demonstrates that a popular class of arthritis
drugs is not as cost-effective as common painkillers in treating chronic
arthritis in an average patient … That's Show Biz —
An eight-day celebration of the newest work by theater, film and television
students will unfold in three segments during UCLA Festival 2003 June
6-13 … New Senate Vice Chair — Professor Kathleen
Komar, who holds a joint appointment in the departments of Germanic Languages
and Comparative Literature, has been elected as the new vice chair of
UCLA’s Academic Senate.
DID
YOU KNOW?
With one of the largest and oldest teaching programs in Asian-American
studies in the nation, UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center is one
of the few in the nation that offers an M.A. program.
GENDER GAP PERSISTS
Major findings of a faculty climate survey distributed
last year to all faculty show that 80% of those surveyed (78% of the women
and 82% of the men) reported they “would choose to work at UCLA,
if given the opportunity to choose again.”
JOURNALISTS HEAR FROM EXPERTS
ON GENETICS REVOLUTION
Nine science reporters broadened their understanding of
the genetics revolution by visiting UCLA on May 12-15 as participants
in a media fellowship program sponsored by the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE).
YESTERDAY, TODAY
& TOMORROW
Open Access — Five
librarians from Russian academies and universities visited campus May
14-21 for a program on library management as part of a program with the
Library of Congress ... Guatemalan Twins Return —
Formerly conjoined
twins Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesús Quiej Álvarez returned
to UCLA on May 22 to undergo a series of tests after suffering medical
setbacks since they flew back to their native Guatemala in January ...
Regents Oppose Initiative — The UC Board
of Regents voted 15 to 3, with one abstention, May 15 to oppose a state
ballot initiative that would prohibit the use of racial classification
by local governments and public entities.
PEOPLE
SHE SERVES THOSE AT RISK:
PATIENTS, POOR
Carol Archie’s easygoing demeanor belies her true
calling. Every day, she walks a high-wire tightrope on two levels, fighting
to keep her balance against forces that are sometimes beyond her control.
An OB-GYN specializing in high-risk pregnancies at the UCLA Medical Center,
Archie helps pregnant women suffering from complications — ranging
from schizophrenia to substance abuse — deliver healthy babies.
POSTDOC STUDIES IMPACT OF WEST
When Eileen Anderson-Fye was offered a postdoctoral fellowship
with UCLA’s Center for Culture, Brain and Development last fall.
With its distinctive combination of neuroscience, psychology and anthropology,
the center could help her extend her doctoral research on the psychological
development of adoles- cent girls in Belize, located on the eastern coast
of Central America.
15 SECONDS
MIKE CASILLAS Director of Student-Athlete
Counseling, College of Letters and Science
NAMES AND FACES
Laurels: José Molina,
Kenneth Karmiole, Chicano Studies Research Center, Sandford Barsky
High Five: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Maureen McMahon
In Memoriam: William P. Longmire Jr.
CAMPUS
BRUIN WALK
AND BEYOND
Scholar Share Plan — Want to help someone you care
about save for college or trade school? Set up a Scholar Share plan for
anyone you choose — your child, friend, anyone ... Struttin'
their Stuff — Students from UCLA and other major design
programs from throughout the United States will be presenting their work
to potential employers in theater, film, television, digital media and
themed enter- tainment in the first West Coast-based event of its kind
... Summer
Hiatus — The BruinGo! Transit Pass Program will begin its
summer break June 14 and will resume Sept. 15 ... Accolades on
the way — UCLA staff and faculty are invited to attend the
sixth annual Staff Assembly Scholarship and Awards Reception on June 6
at 3 p.m. in the Royce Hall West Lobby.
RABBI, PALESTINIAN TEACH FOR PEACE
Peace begins with a conversation. For Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller,
that dialogue began two years ago when he read an article on the Middle
East conflict written by a Palestinian student at UCLA. This led to an
e-mail exchange, which fostered a friendship and finally evolved into
an unusual undergraduate course titled, “Voices of Peace: Perspectives
on Confrontation & Reconciliation in the Arab-Israeli Conflict.”
MED STUDENT GETS HELP FROM
DISABILITY OFFICE
All her life, UCLA medical student Nghi Lu has had to face
life-shattering adversities — the Vietnam war, the shooting death
of her father and the loss of her hearing following a high fever while
she, her mother and brother waited in refugee camps to be rescued by sponsors
in Utah. So this latest challenge that faces her in her third year of
medical school will be endured as well. But this time, Lu knows that help
is nearby, and that she is not alone.
VOICES
FILE-SHARERS FACE THE
CONSEQUENCES
The use of the Internet as a “digital copy machine”—
trading of copyrighted music, movies, games and software — has
become commonplace, using file-sharing programs such as KaZaA or Morpheus.
The catch, of course, is that this is often illegal since the people
offering such copyrighted materials to others do not have permission
to do so.
RESPONSE TO HATE CRIME GRATIFIES
HER
We were deeply saddened by the hate crime that took
place over the Easter weekend when someone entered the chapel and meditation
center at the UCLA Medical Center and poured a bottle of what was labeled
as pig’s blood over prayer mats that are used by Muslim visitors.
OUR WORLD by CAROLE CABLE
WHAT'S ON MY MIND: REFLECTIONS
AFTER 37 YEARS SPENT ON THE HILL
I could not have imagined when I started working
at UCLA in 1965 what the campus might look like nearly four decades
later. It is remarkable how much can change in such time.
CLOSE UP: STAFF AND FACULTY FILL VOLUNTEER
RANKS
Over the past year, more than 1,000 alumni have
generously volunteered their time and services to make the UCLA Alumni
Association’s many events and programs successful. Greeting busloads
of grade school students at college fairs or football games, reviewing
scholarship applications, raising funds, calling new students to welcome
them to UCLA, giving informational interviews — volunteer activities
run the gamut, and alumni respond in volume. It’s a natural connection
for alumni, who realize the value of devoting time to their alma mater.
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