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What Happens If the New “Residential Conference Center” (aka “hotel”) turns out to be a white elephant?
Byadmin December 13, 2010

There have been a couple of earlier posts on this blog about the fate of the UCLA Faculty Center. The most recent is at http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2010/11/presentation-available-on-replacement.html In the background is the fact that the Faculty Club has been losing money and requires costly capital maintenance. [If you have trouble when you click on the URL above, just go back to Nov. 29, 2010 on this blog for the entry.] At this point, it appears that the decision to demolish the existing building and replace it with what is called a “residential conference center” seems to be a fait accompli. Those who…

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UCLA History: UCLA Before Global Warming (in 1949)
Byadmin December 12, 2010

UCLA History Project photo Not clear what goes best with this photo at this time of year. How about…

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UCLA History: A Non-Orwellian 1984
Byadmin December 11, 2010

Photo from the UCLA History Project shows a UCLA dorm room in 1984. There is a boombox in evidence, but no computer. Indeed one student seems to be typing on a strange apparatus. Can anyone remember what that was?

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Update on the Bad Deal for the State Involving a Regent
Byadmin December 11, 2010

In a previous post, I noted that the state – as part of its efforts to raise cash – wants to sell various state office buildings and then lease them back. A Regent, Hadi Makarechian – as part of a consortium of various investment groups – is one of the buyers. The prior post is at Bad Deal for State Involves a UC Regent [Note: If you have trouble using the link above directly, simply go back to the December 3, 2010 entries for this blog.] Since the prior post went into the reasons why the deal – which is…

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UCLA Told to Get Out of the Stream
Byadmin December 10, 2010

Background: Some instructors use videos in classes for various purposes. Of course, this practice has gone on since video tapes were around. Indeed, yours truly – who was at UCLA when mammoth elephants were still walking around campus – used 16 mm films back in the day. (Anyone remember film strips?) However, in some classes, streamed videos are used. Basically, enrolled students go to the course website, click on the video required, and see the video (motion, sound, etc.). In effect, it is the same as going to YouTube or similar websites. You don’t download the file from YouTube typically;…

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Jerry Brown’s Second Budget Forum to be at UCLA This ComingTuesday
Byadmin December 10, 2010

Jerry Brown budget forum in Los Angeles set for Tuesday Capitol Alert, 12/9/10, David Siders Gov.-elect Jerry Brown released details this afternoon of his budget forum in Los Angeles next Tuesday. The meeting with education leaders follows a summit with lawmakers and local officials in Sacramento yesterday. Brown’s office described the event in an advisory as a meeting to “discuss the state’s fiscal challenges in K-12 and higher education.” It will be at UCLA. Like yesterday’s forum in Sacramento, the event is invitation-only. Brown’s transition office plans to stream the meeting online. “It’s really a continuation of the discussion that…

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Zev Says No Pain/No Gain on I-405 Wilshire Construction
Byadmin December 9, 2010

For those who bemoan the traffic problem created by the reconstruction of the Sunset Blvd. bridge over the 405, here is some news from LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky about what is going to happen to Wilshire: Given the dismal state of Westside traffic, it’s been a long time since anybody was able to fly through the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and the 405. But someday people will be able to fly over it. Two new flyover ramps are part of an ambitious new phase of the 405 Sepulveda Pass improvements project that’s currently projected to begin as early as…

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UCLA History: UCLA Professor Kleinrock and the Internet
Byadmin December 9, 2010

The caption that accompanied this photo in UCLA Today, Oct. 22, 2009 read “Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, stands beside the Interface Message Processor that made the first Internet message possible.” For those of us who are more computer-challenged, there is some comfort in the apparent ability of Microsoft to change the word of God. See:http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/12/09/microsoft-to-fix-pdf-anomaly-for-bible/50696/

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Court Upholds Prop 209 Ban on Affirmative Action in University Admissions
Byadmin December 9, 2010

Federal judge upholds Calif affirmative action ban Dec. 8, 2010, Fresno Bee, Terence Chea – Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging California’s voter-approved ban on affirmative action in public university admissions. U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Conti on Wednesday ruled against the challenge to Proposition 209, which banned the consideration of race and ethnicity in public education, employment and contracting… Full article at http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/08/2190629/federal-judge-upholds-calif-affirmative.html

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The Incredible Shrinking University
Byadmin December 8, 2010

Andy Sabl pointed me to a lengthy article on the fate of UC entitled “Mission Shrinking.” An excerpt with a link to the full article is below. You can get the tone from the brief excerpt. Mission Shrinking, Diana Jean Schemo, Dec. 7, 2010 In the galaxy of public higher education, the University of California system once shined as a kind of North Star. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Golden State’s premier institutions, the University of California at Los Angeles and at Berkeley, boasted some of the strongest research and teaching faculties in the world. A UC education was…

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What Happens If the New “Residential Conference Center” (aka “hotel”) turns out to be a white elephant?

UCLA History: UCLA Before Global Warming (in 1949)

UCLA History: A Non-Orwellian 1984

Update on the Bad Deal for the State Involving a Regent

UCLA Told to Get Out of the Stream

Jerry Brown’s Second Budget Forum to be at UCLA This ComingTuesday

Zev Says No Pain/No Gain on I-405 Wilshire Construction

UCLA History: UCLA Professor Kleinrock and the Internet

Court Upholds Prop 209 Ban on Affirmative Action in University Admissions

The Incredible Shrinking University

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