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INDEX 2003

December 9, 2003 (Vol. 24, No. 7)

NEWS

BUREAU BRIEFS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: Educators and historians throughout California hailed the legacy of Clark Kerr, president of the University of California from 1958-67, who died in his sleep Dec. 1 from complications after a fall. Kerr was the chief architect of the master plan that has guided California higher education for more than 40 years.… UCLA HEALTHCARE: Peter Morton, owner of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, has made a significant donation to UCLA, Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor for medical sciences and dean of the medical school, announced Nov. 21 at a ceremony unveiling new signage and a new donor wall in appreciation of Morton’s support.

GOV. PROPOSES MORE CUTS TO UC
A proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to stem the state’s massive fiscal crisis — currently estimated by the Legislative Analyst at a $15-billion annual operating deficit — would cut funding to the University of California system by $33 million this fiscal year and more than $92 million next year.

UCLA TO CONSIDER RESOURCE SHIFT
For UCLA to maintain and strengthen its status as one of the world’s great universities, it must continue through tough budgetary times to strengthen its foundations, build on its comparative advantages and focus resources on what it does best, Chancellor Albert Carnesale told faculty representatives at a Nov. 18 meeting at the Faculty Center.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS
HOLIDAY CLOSURES: After receiving feedback from the campus community, officials expect to finalize plans by Dec. 10 for UCLA’s first-ever holiday closure, from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1.... AFTERMATH: The UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead is up and running more than a month after a wildfire threatened the area.... DISPUTE SETTLED: The University of California’s 11,000 teaching assistants, tutors and other academic student employees represented by the United Auto Workers have approved a new three-year contract, UC officials said Dec. 6.

DID YOU KNOW?
Before budget cuts delayed the opening of UC Merced for a year, 37% of those applicants who wanted to be in its first freshman class in 2004 and sent in their SAT scores came from the Los Angeles Basin. Currently, UC Merced is planning to welcome 1,000 students in the fall of 2005. Six majors will be offered. Already, 15 UC Merced faculty have won $6.1 million in federal and state grants and contracts.

DYNES DIALOGUES WITH FACULTY, STAFF
University of California President Robert C. Dynes shared his vision for the university at a forum with about 100 UCLA faculty and staff on Dec. 2 in the Northwest Auditorium.

REGENTS CALL FOR CLARITY
University of California regents urged a recently formed UC study group to clarify eligibility and admissions issues to clear up mounting confusion in the public’s mind about how students are admitted.

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS : Using theater to build a bridge between young people from South Africa and the United States, organizers of the Soze Project II will send 12 Los Angeles-area children and six mentors who are UCLA students and alumni to South Africa this month.... FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER: Leading-edge experimental cancer treatments will be provided to an underserved patient population in South Los Angeles under a new partnership between UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.... SPREAD OF POVERTY: The poor population in the Los Angeles region has become more geographically concentrated over the past three decades, according to a study recently released by UCLA’s Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and done in conjunction with the Brookings Institution’s Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.

PEOPLE

HE BRINGS FUNK, BLACK HISTORY TO THE HILL
As a faculty-in-residence living on the hill, Scot Brown brings the funky sounds of Cameo, Bootsy Collins and P. Funk to UCLA’s on-campus community of students.
Imagine dealing with the deaths of five critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit over a three-day period.

15 SECONDS
ANNETTE STANTON: Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences; Member, Jonsson Cancer Center.

NAMES AND FACES
Cheers: Paul Chihara ... Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster ... Elaine Schmidt ... Amy Waddell ... Edwin L. Cooper ... Robert Williams ... Patricia Eastman.
Hurrah: Linda Rosenstock ... Jack Raab ... Betsy Metzgar ... Thomas Barber ... Leanne L. Seegar.
In Memoriam: Clark Kerr ... J.G. Moore.

CAMPUS

'ROUND AND ABOUT
IT'S SHOWTIME: Showtime Networks will partner with the School of Theater, Film and Television and provide a production budget of $125,000 to help fund seven student films on the theme of “Images of War in the 21st Century.”... JOYFUL GIVING: Experience the true joy of the holidays by helping others in need.... ROSE PARADE: UCLA Medical Center is joining the Coalition on Donation to work on the first-ever Rose Parade float to carry the positive message of organ and tissue donation to the millions of people who will see the 2004 New Year’s Day parade.... BIKERS BRING TOYS: For the 14th consecutive year, a pack of more than 100 motorcycle riders and friends from the Southern California Fullerton Harley Owner’s Group (H.O.G.) roared up Tiverton Avenue to deliver toys to the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA on Nov. 23.

COMMUNITY BULLETINS
EQUALITY IN EDUCATION: UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access recently launched “Equal Terms in LA: The Struggle for Educational Justice, 1954-2004,” an interactive online series of public dialogues with urban youth, parents, teachers, community advocates and policymakers, commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. CHANGES TO UC-MANAGED FUNDS: The UC Board of Regents on Nov. 19 approved three major changes in the UC-managed investment options that will go into effect April 2004. Among the changes made: The fund mix of the Multi-Asset Fund will be substantially changed, and the fund will be renamed the Balanced Growth Fund.

PUBLIC MUST REALIZE DIRE EFFECT OF CUTS
California’s three public higher education institutions must work together to navigate through the fiscal challenges they face while preserving quality, affordability and access, said their leaders at a budget forum sponsored by the University of California and held in Covel Commons on Dec. 1.

HOLIDAY BLUES
As the holidays get closer and the pace of life grows more frenetic, the fa-la-la-ing starts sounding a lot less jolly to many who are feeling overwhelmed. Instead, it’s: ’Tis the season to be melancholy.

COURTLY TRIBUTE TO WOODENS
UCLA will pay permanent tribute to the John Wooden era on Saturday, Dec. 20, when the basketball floor in Pauley Pavilion will be named the Nell and John Wooden Court in honor of the legendary former coach and his late wife of 53 years.

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