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Another Pepper Apology? Let’s Focus Instead on the UC Budget

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The UC-Davis chancellor has now apologized for the pepper spray incident last Friday. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that the incident has gone viral with creative images such as the one above on the web. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/pepper-spray-cop-works-his-way-through-art-history/2011/11/21/gIQA4XBmhN_blog.html Below is video of the chancellor’s apology. A story about it is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/22/MNK71M2548.DTL As noted in last night’s blog post, instead of trying to regain “control” via crisis management techniques, it would be nice if the Regents and the powers-that-be at UC focused instead on the ongoing UC budget emergency. Please see last night’s blog posting for a link to the UCLA…

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Pepper Spray: Regent Chair Reacts

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Regent chair Lansing with a message to UC community 2011-11-21 UC Board of Regents chair Sherry Lansing says in a video statement that she is “shocked and appalled” by the images of police actions during recent student protests at UC Berkeley and UC Davis. Lansing supports UC President Mark Yudof’s effort to review systemwide procedures so that students can engage in peaceful protests. “We regents share your passion and your conviction for the University of California,” Lansing says. “We want all of you to know that we fully and unequivocally support your right to protest peacefully.” Lansing also invites the…

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Yudof on Berkeley and Davis Incidents

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Note: See prior blog entries on the “Occupy” incidents at Davis and Berkeley. Links at bottom of this posting. President Yudof responds to campus protest issues Contact: UC Office of the PresidentPhone: (510) 987-9157 University of California President Mark G. Yudof today (Nov. 20) announced the actions he is taking in response to recent campus protest issues: I am appalled by images of University of California students being doused with pepper spray and jabbed with police batons on our campuses. I intend to do everything in my power as president of this university to protect the rights of our students,…

UC-Davis Pepper Spray Controversy

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A major controversy has erupted over a pepper spray incident at UC-Davis when campus police attempted to move a group of “Occupy” demonstrators. From today’s Sacramento Bee: UC Davis officials found themselves under a barrage of Internet-driven outrage Saturday, after campus police officers pepper-sprayed protesters at an Occupy UC Davis encampment Friday. Saturday evening, after holding a news conference to address intense nationwide media interest, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi walked through a blocks-long gantlet of students, who stood silently as she passed to a waiting SUV… Full story at: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/20/4067841/ucd-peppered-by-net-outrage.html {Note: The Bee webpage was having a heart…

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UC-Davis Hotel Expansion Proposal: Cautionary Lessons for UCLA

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Yours truly has obtained some documents related to the proposed expansion of a campus hotel at UC-Davis. The documents are more complete than what we currently have for the revised UCLA proposal and include a consultant’s market competition study. You can access these documents by scrolling down in this blog entry. The consultant hired by UC-Davis, as might be expected, indicated that Davis-area commercial hotels would not be adversely affected by competition from the campus project. However, the City of Davis seems to disagree and worries about the loss of room tax revenue diverted from the commercial hotels and about…

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Budget Down: Cram ‘Em in at UC-Davis

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UC Davis unveils major initiative to increase size of student body Sep. 21, 2011, Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Calling it a response to the dramatic drop in state funding, UC Davis’ chancellor today announced a plan to increase the campus’ undergraduate population by one fifth, one of the biggest leaps in years. The vision outlined by Chancellor Linda Katehi would swell the school’s undergraduate population to around 29,000 within five years. The total student population would rise to 37,000, surpassing Berkeley and making Davis the second most populous University of California campus, behind UCLA. Speaking at the annual convocation to…

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Doing Good

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The Washington Monthly has a ranking of national universities by “their contribution to the public good.” It looks at such things as students on Pell Grants. UC-San Diego comes in as #1, UCLA as #2, UC-Berkeley #3, UC-Riverside #5, UC-Davis #8, UC-Santa Barbara #13, UC-Irvine #60. The full listing is at http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2011/national_university_rank.php

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Hot Potato?

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The Assn. of American Universities (AAU) is a organization with major research universities as its members including UCLA. Its current president, Robert Berdahl, is a past chancellor of UC-Berkeley. UC-Berkeley is a member. Davis, Irvine, San Diego, and Santa Barbara are also members. On March 31, the AAU issued the press release below with other organizations concerning the federal deficit. (This is not a timely piece of information; yours truly just stumbled on it, a month late.) Also a signatory to the document is the Assn. of Public and Land-Grant Universities which includes the UC campuses above plus Santa Cruz…

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Budget Cuts are Good Things at UC-Davis

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That’s what UC-Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi says: UCD chancellor says budget cuts prompt positive changes “…UC Davis is facing a $107 million shortfall next year. While the budget pressure is difficult, Katehi said, it also creates opportunities for UC Davis to change in ways that will be beneficial, prompting professors to apply for more grants and the campus to increase the number of students it admits from outside California. “I believe at the end of all of this, the university will be stronger after all of these changes,” she said. Katehi said she wants the campus to bring in more…

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Former UC President Kerr Recalls Legislative Ban on UC Sales That Compete with Private Sector

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The issue of the proposed hotel/conference center planned to replace the existing Faculty Center has raised the question of the degree to which UC entities can provide services that compete with private providers. Prior posts on this blog have noted that issue. In an interview in the 1990s, which dealt in large part with the development of UC-Davis, former UC president Clark Kerr recalled a legislative ban on such sales. He noted that agricultural products produced at Davis could not be sold, especially wine. But the campus could hold free wine tastings which members of the legislature were happy to…