Not Where You Would Expect
I guess the lesson is to do your marketing where you can.
UCLA
Travel Focus Misses the Money Train
You may have seen the article in yesterday’s Daily Bruin about UCLA tightening up its rules on travel reimbursements. Why the tightening up? …Public records documenting the travel expenses of the university’s top brass, obtained and published by the Center for Investigative Reporting in August, drew national scrutiny last summer for the luxurious travel accommodations of UCLA’s leadership, sometimes in violation of University policy. The accommodations and pricy travel arrangements bloated the university’s travel budget by hundreds of thousands of dollars… Full story at http://dailybruin.com/2014/02/04/months-after-controversy-ucla-clarifies-travel-guidelines/ The problem with the original story is that it focuses on budget dust compared to…
UCLA History: Grove
As the caption notes, these trees were known as the sophomore grove at the old Vermont Avenue campus of UCLA, now the home of LA City College.
Actually, battleships can turn around but it depends on the captain giving the order
We’ve all heard the expression about how hard it is to turn a battleship around. Giant ships moving forward have momentum to keep going in a straight line. But they can be turned around. Yesterday we posted about the Judge Cunningham case. It is symptomatic of a larger problem in Murphy Hall. What should have occurred in that case is a prompt apology by the chancellor and appropriate internal action. If you were reading this blog at the time of the event, you would have found that suggestion. Instead, what occurred was defensive legalism which is still going on. So…
$10 Million
Faithful blog readers will recall that last November we reported on the case of Judge Cunningham, an LA Superior Court judge and former head of the LA Police Commission, who made the mistake of DWB (driving while black) in Westwood – not on campus – and had an encounter with the UCLA police because his seat belt was unfastened. We suggested some quick abject apologies from the chancellor at the time before the lawyers got hold of this matter. Like many of our suggestions, however, it was… well, you know, not given much weight. Anyway: An African-American family law judge…
‘Tis a Pit
As can be seen above, in the “cloud” on Google Earth the old parking structure #6 and the bus turnaround still are smack dab in the center of the UCLA campus. But in fact the great pit for the Grand Hotel is underway, as seen in the recent photos below: Unfortunately, if we want to be “on the level” about the great pit, it is difficult to see due to the wall around it. Apparently, someone has decided that its vast size is something of a secret. But there is a little hole in the wall to peep through: Of…
Charge!
Up to now in the UCLA parking facility where the photo above was taken, yours truly has seen only campus “golf cart” type electric vehicles used by service staff plugged in. Now that hybrid electric and all-electric vehicles are being sold for regular street use, scenes like the one above will become more common. (The car shown is a Honda model.) However, most parking spots do not have nearby electrical outlets. Presumably, UCLA is ok with such charging where a nearby outlet exists. But will there be more of them installed?
And you probably thought UCLA had water fountains
Maybe in the past it had water fountains. But nowadays we’re much more sophisticated.
Stay Away from the 405 Tonight and Tomorrow Night
The northbound San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed overnight through the Sepulveda Pass tonight and Wednesday night so crews can re-stripe the roadway and move k-rail barriers. The northbound freeway will be closed between Moraga Drive and Ventura Boulevard, according to Metro, which is overseeing the freeway-widening project. Ramps will begin closing at around 7 p.m., followed by lane closures at 10 p.m. and the full freeway closure at midnight, continuing until 5 a.m… Full story at http://centurycity.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/northbound-405-freeway-to-close-overnight-through-sepulveda-pass
UC Berkeley | UCLA | USC
USC Has a Bad Patch
We posted yesterday about the news from UC-Berkeley that many earthquake-prone buildings are located in southern California – including in Westwood. The Westwood-Century City Patch, in picking up the story from the LA Times, blamed USC instead of UC-B, at least in the headline. See above. Probably just as well. Who wants to be the bearer of bad tidings?.