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The Local Equivalent of Dropping the Ball in Times Square on New Years

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LAObserved and KCRW seem to have discovered the Westwood equivalent of watching the ball descend in Times Square at midnight, New Years.  The smoking deaths sign resets to zero, apparently attracting a crowd.  Of course, if you are reading about this ritual today, you will have to wait until next year to partake.  But you don’t have to go far from UCLA to be a participant. The LAObserved article is at:http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/12/new_years_eve_at_the_smok.php The KCRW program can be heard at:

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Radio Interview About David Geffen

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Susan Lacy and David Geffen PBS recently ran an “American Masters” episode about David Geffen who just donated $100 million to the UCLA med school.  [See yesterday’s post.]  Yours truly did not see the PBS program but there was a radio interview with the program’s director, Susan Lacy, aired on KPCC on Nov. 20.  One amusing anecdote is that Geffen got his first (mailroom) job by stating (apparently falsely) that he was a UCLA grad.  I’m sure he could have an honorary UCLA degree at this point if he wanted one.  The interview can be heard at the link below.

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Missing the Point on the UC Logo

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I thought we could put the UC redesigned logo story to bed – at least for awhile.  (See the previous and earlier posts.)  But, alas, KPCC this morning aired an interview with a “brand developer” who totally missed the point.  She rattled on and on in a British accent (so who could doubt what she said?) about how the whole problem was the “process” by which the new design was introduced.  If only there had been more participation in the logo design.  Etc. Etc.Here are the problems and they have zero to do with process.1) UC has bigger issues to…

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Listen to Regents Meeting of Nov. 15, 2012

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Now that the audio file has arrived, we are catching up with the parts of the mid-November Regents meeting not previously posted (not to be confused with the special meeting held yesterday).  Below is a link to the final day of the mid-November meeting. During the public comment period, there were complaints about tuition increases and budget cuts.  There was more about the swap deals – see earlier posts on this matter – in which UC swapped a variable interest rate for a fixed one.  As it turned out, interest rates fell so that the “insurance” against a rise in…

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Listen to Regents Meeting of Nov. 13, 2012

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The UC Board of Regents, Committee on Grounds and Building met on the afternoon of Nov. 13, 2012.  On the agenda were public comments, approval of the UC capital budget plan, discussion of a long term plan for student housing at UC-Santa Barbara, and design approval of a $118.6 million faculty office building project at UC-San Francisco. Two speakers in the public comments session referred to out-of-state students although exactly what was being suggested was unclear. The capital budget is a wishlist of projects that it would be nice if the state funded through general obligation bonds.  However, given the…

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Gov. Brown on UC online education & budget

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Last Wednesday, we posted the audio of the UC Regents meeting of that day which Governor Brown attended as an ex officio Regent.  We noted in that posting that he pushed for UC to move into online education.  And he indicated that without such a shift in the “paradigm,” UC could not receive enough funding from the state to prevent continued increases in tuition.  For the convenience of blog readers, below is an excerpt from that meeting in which these views are expressed by Governor Brown: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKX-F5OCBJc?feature=player_detailpage]

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Listen to Morning Session of UC Regents: 11-14-12

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Yours truly was not able to record yesterday’s Regents’ session (Building and Grounds committee).  However, I did listen and record this morning.  [The live stream seemed to start a few minutes after the meeting began.  The recording begins in the midst of Regents chair Lansing celebrating the passage of Prop 30.]  A recording by yours truly won’t be possible of the session tomorrow due to other commitments.  But as usual, we will request the audios as public documents and post them when received. At today’s meeting, Governor Brown attended and raised questions at various points.  Some of the questions were…

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Robert Anderson’s Presentation on the Future of UC Funding (With Slides)

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Robert Anderson The prior post on this blog carried the audio (only) of the forum sponsored by the Faculty Association at UCLA on the Future of University of California Funding held November 7, 2012 at the UCLA Faculty Center.Each of the three presenters used slides as part of their talks.  Below you will find two (alternative) links to the slides used by Prof. Robert Anderson along with the coordinated audio for his presentation.  Use whichever works best for your connection.

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Audio Available for Today’s UCLA Faculty Assn. Forum on the Future of UC Funding

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At today’s noontime forum on the Future Funding of UC, Steve Lippman (upper left) opened the event.  Karen Orren (center top) was the moderator.  Christopher Newfield (upper right) made the opening  presentation.  Robert Anderson (lower left) followed Newfield.  Daniel Mitchell (center bottom) followed Anderson.  The discussant was Sylvia Hurtado (lower right).  After the discussant, there was a period of questions and answers from the audience.  In order to make the event accessible to those who could not attend, an audio recording of the event (about one hour and 34 minutes) can be heard at the link below: We will provide…

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UCLA Luskin School Ballot Proposition Forum: 11-1-2012 (audio)

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Today’s forum at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs featured a discussion of the November 2012 California ballot propositions including those dealing with taxes and the state budget.  You can hear the audio of the discussion at the link below.  Guest speakers were Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, second-highest ranking Republican in the state assembly, and former Democratic Governor Gray Davis. The full program runs about one and a quarter hours: