UCLA History: Election
A student election at UCLA’s Vermont Avenue campus in the 1920s
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KPCC Radio Event on Higher Ed
A KPCC AirTalk Event: Higher Education – What Is Its Future? Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The Crawford Family Forum 474 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena, CA 91105 Rising tuitions, student unrest, and trimmed budgets — what is the future of higher education? Join AirTalk’s Larry Mantle on Wednesday, January 11th as he hosts a distinguished panel of university heads representing California’s diverse higher education institutions. Chancellor Gene Blockassumed the chief executive officer position at UCLA in 2007 and President C.L. Max Nikias was appointed president of USC last year, but has been a part of the…
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UCLA History: Westwood in Color – 1940s
The title of this post pretty much tells the story of the photo above. Same view from Google Maps below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pmI0Vm0Py4&w=320&h=195]
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Blog Available for Fourth Quarter of 2011
As in the past, we make available the last three months of the blog as a reader below which you can flip through. However, in that format, there is no audio or video. For audio and video, you have to go to the originals. Open publication – Free publishing – More ucla
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A Thought for the New Year on Some Unfinished Business from the Last Year: Business Plan, That Is
And it should be noted that not all optimistic business plans work out in which case – one way or another – someone has to pay:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTEpbIrYh-E&w=320&h=195]PS: 1959 – the date of this commercial – was the year the Faculty Center opened.
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Happy New Year from Your Favorite Blog (We Hope!)
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Redevelopment Decision Likely a (Marginal) Good Thing for UC Budget
For those who have been following the state budget/redevelopment drama on this blog that unfolded after yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling seemingly abolishing redevelopment agencies, below is an update, courtesy of the California Planning and Development Report (excerpts). Our prior background posts are at: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/state-budget-ruling-expected-today-on.html http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-seems-to.html Redevelopment Will Be Back — But At What Price? By Bill Fulton and Josh Stephens on 29 December 2011 The California Supreme Court killed redevelopment this morning, but that doesn’t mean it’s dead. At first glance it would seem as though redevelopment agencies have no bargaining power at all. After all, it’s hard to…
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Be Careful What You Wish for Seems to Be Effect of Court Decision on Redevelopment
In an earlier post today, yours truly noted that the California Supreme Court was going to issue a ruling on redevelopment agencies that had potential consequences for the state budget. Please look at that post for background details. The opinion (with only one dissent) has now been posted. It may be that the redevelopment agencies will regret a) supporting Prop 22 which supposedly protected their funding and b) asking the Court to invalidate the compromise deal worked out in the legislature. The Court – based on a non-lawyer reading – seems to say that 1) the legislature had a right…
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UCLA History: Space Helmet
Photos said to document design by the UCLA Brain Research Institute of a space helmet in 1963.
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State Budget Ruling Expected Today on Redevelopment Agencies
From the San Jose Mercury-News: The California Supreme Court will issue a long-awaited ruling Thursday on the legality of the state’s move to grab $1.7 billion in redevelopment money to help close California’s budget shortfall — a move that rocked cities around the Bay Area and across the state. The ruling, expected at 10 a.m., should give critical guidance on two state laws: one that dissolves redevelopment agencies and redirects their property tax revenues to the state, and a second that allows agencies to stay afloat if they agree to relinquish a large portion of their funding, which will be…