INDEX
2004
November 23,
2004 (Vol. 25, No. 6)
NEWS
BUREAU
BRIEFS
ACADEMIC SENATE: The faculty of the UCLA College,
followed by the faculties of the Schools of Arts and Architecture
and Theater, Film and Television, will soon be voting on a proposal
to institute a diversity requirement for undergraduates....
MURPHY HALL: Chancellor Albert Carnesale has appointed
Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of
the David Geffen School of Medicine, to the 29-member Independent
Citizens Oversight Commission that will govern the stem cell research
institute approved by California voters Nov. 2.... GEFFEN
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: UCLA scientists have devised a novel
way to repair one of the genetic mutations that causes ataxia-telangiectasia
(A-T), a disorder that devastates the neurological and immune systems
of one in 40,000 children.
UC BUDGET
PLAN INCLUDES RAISES
The University of California Regents, meeting at UCLA
on Nov. 18, approved a 2005-06 budget proposal that aims to halt
the state budget cuts of the last several years and provides for
modest increases in instructional programs, enrollment growth, and
staff and faculty salaries.
CAMPUS SEEKS A BOLD,
NEW APPROACH TO IT
UCLA is engaged in a comprehensive review of its information
technology (IT) infrastructure with an eye toward positioning critical
resources, increasing efficiency and enhancing electronic security,
as well as saving money during a difficult budgetary period.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
NUCLEAR TERRORISM: Graham Allison, the Douglas
Dillon Professor of Government at the Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University, will discuss his latest book, “Nuclear
Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe” (2004), Dec.
2 at 4 p.m. in the Faculty Center’s California Room....
IN THE WORKS: There are three major initiatives under way
on campus currently that will have campuswide impact, Academic Senate
Chair Kathleen Komar told faculty representatives attending the
Legislative Assembly meeting Nov. 16.... BENEFITS ALERT:
Open Enrollment 2005 will close at midnight on Nov. 30....
UC LAWSUIT: The University of California filed
a lawsuit Nov. 1 against a number of major natural gas providers
for allegedly manipulating retail natural gas prices during California’s
energy crisis in 2000-2001.
POWERING DOWN
We did it last year, but we can do even better this year. That’s
a pre-holiday message to the campus from the Energy Conservation
Task Force, a group of senior administrators and faculty charged
with recommending measures to cut energy costs.
DID YOU KNOW?
During the glorious John Wooden era, the song “Rover”
was played only after lopsided basketball victories. Now, “Rover,”
a version of “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover,”
is played after all UCLA victories. To hear it, go to:
www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.
edu/Traditions/Songs.asp.
YESTERDAY,
TODAY & TOMORROW
CYCLIST SANTAS: For the 15th year, more
than 100 motorcyclists and friends from the Southern California
Fullerton H.O.G. (Harley Owner’s Group) Chapter caravanned
on bikes Nov. 21 to Mattel Children’s Hospital to deliver
hundreds of holiday gifts to pediatric patients.... EYE
TO EYE: The Jules Stein Eye Institute (JSEI) Affiliates
seeks volunteers to assist with two community outreach vision care
programs targeting pre-school and elementary school youngsters....
LOVE LETTERS TO AUTHORS: The California Center
for the Book, housed in the Graduate School of Education & Information
Studies and affiliated with the Library of Congress, is holding
its 22nd annual “Letters About Literature” contest.
PEOPLE
THE 'SHAPE
DOCTOR' WHO CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT
A few years ago, internationally renowned nutritionist David Heber
was barely a poster boy for his own cause: eating healthfully. Too
much work and a knee injury had left him considerably overweight.
A WRITER WHO
KNOWS WRITERS
After returning to Los Angeles, the town where she grew
up, acclaimed novelist Mona Simpson found that she stayed in touch
with writers she’d met at writers’ colonies in picturesque
New England, her job at “The Paris Review,” at parties
full of young editors and waiters with aspirations and, yes, college.
15 SECONDS
ISGOUHI KASSAKHIAN: Director, Alumni Center
Management, James West Alumni Center.
NAMES AND FACES
Accolades: Mitchell
Chang ... Allen Nissenson ... Ruth
Wintz ... The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
... Paul Von Blum ... David Reuben ... Gail Greendale ... Carolyn
Crandall ... Catherine MacLean ... Stephen R. Marder.
Cheers: Samuel C. Thompson
Jr. ... Access Granted ... William L. Oppenheim.
In Memoriam: William Young.
CAMPUS
COURSE MAKES
YOU A HOLLYWOOD INSIDER
When Enrique Rivero became a public information officer
for the health sciences last February, he had no idea he would soon
be joining a group of film buffs at exclusive movie previews where
they can talk to big-name filmmakers about their work.
EVENTS TO RALLY
THE CAMPUS AROUND STOPPING AIDS
What Lance Armstrong did for the yellow wristband, worn as
a symbol of the fight against cancer, Edwin Bayrd, executive director
of the UCLA AIDS Institute, wants to do for a red wristband that
carries the message, “I know.”
SURGEON RESTORES
A FUTURE PILOT'S DREAM
All his life, Paul Santos has dreamed of flying. During his childhood
in Guam, he plastered his bedroom walls with posters of fighter
planes. When he turned 18, he signed on with the Navy, with his
eye on the sky.
TO YOUR
HEALTH
If it weren’t for clinical trials that test experimental drugs
on human subjects, medical science wouldn’t be where it is
today. And many Americans realize this. When asked whether they
would be willing to participate in a clinical trial, 63% of those
surveyed recently by a popular news magazine said they would.
VOICES
ARAFAT FAILED
TO MEET CHALLENGE OF PEACE
Former terrorists win Nobel Peace Prizes more often than one thinks.
Yasser Arafat followed Israel’s Menachem Begin, Egypt’s
Anwar Sadat and South Africa’s Nelson Mandela as a recipient.
At the award ceremony in 1994, Arafat described his violence as
“an adventure, and peace as a challenge.” But as events
later showed, he was the only one of the four who ultimately failed
to meet that challenge.
THE REAL
PROMISE OF STEM CELLS
Recently, Californians overwhelmingly passed Proposition 71,
the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, making available
some $3 billion over a 10-year period for research on stem cells
in California. Although still in its infancy, stem cell research
may hold the key to new treatments or cures for many different diseases,
including HIV/AIDS..
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
BEING FULLY HUMAN: A WORKSHOP ON COMPASSION
Most of us want to live a more fulfilling existence, a life free
of imagined limitations. But we are often held back by a variety
of psychological defenses. Earlier this year, I had the honor of
introducing a workshop, “Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion,”
offered through UCLA Extension’s Department of Humanities
and Social Sciences. The workshop provided a framework for looking
at the various barriers to change and offered step-by-step exercises
for participants to use to challenge the negative thoughts and behaviors
that prevent them from moving toward a more fulfilling and meaningful
life.
OUR WORLD
by MATTHEW HENRY HALL
CLOSE UP
CROSSTOWN RIVALRY
If you attended UCLA, work at UCLA or know and/or love
someone who has any feelings whatsoever for UCLA, there’s
one thing that you must know above all else. And with Dec. 4 coming
up, now’s a good time to remind ourselves of what that one
thing is: You must scorn USC and all things Trojan.
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