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Making Choices: Berkeley vs. UCLA – Human Capital vs. Physical Capital

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While UCLA, with eventual regental blessing, chooses physical capital – a grand hotel – Berkeley chooses human capital.   Media release from UC-Berkeley below: === Campus completes landmark Hewlett Challenge — more than two years ahead of schedule By José Rodríguez, University Relations | November 5, 2012 In the last five years, UC Berkeley has created 100 new endowed faculty chairs as part of an unprecedented challenge begun in 2007 when it received $113 million, the largest private gift in its history, from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.  Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau announced today that the campus has exceeded its…

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Where is the farmer?

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If you look closely at this photo of booths at the Thursday “Farmers’ Market” in Westwood just south of UCLA, you don’t see a lot of farm products.  According to the Daily Bruin, that fact, i.e., competition with non-food store owners in Westwood, has led to protests about the weekly market sponsored by the revived Westwood Business Improvement District.  Apparently, the added foot traffic in the village doesn’t make up for lost local business from the competition and perhaps from the general pedestrian congestion on Broxton.  What started out as a dispute over the management firm that runs the market…

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Time Goes By on the 405 Project

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The I-405 construction project around Westwood and the Sepulveda Pass has been causing traffic problems around UCLA for some time.  Now comes a report in the LA Daily News that the project is six months behind schedule.You can find the story at:http://www.dailynews.com/ci_21935639/faster-405-campaign-launches-speed-405-car-poolWell, we have time…[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22CiKMPpaY?feature=player_detailpage]

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Times are changing and so is the outlook for UC’s future funding. Attend the Nov. 7 Forum!

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UCLA in 1939   SPEAKERS’ FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS FOR UC DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012TIME: Noon-1:30 pm LOCATION: Faculty Center, California RoomLUNCH: Complimentary Sandwiches and Beverages will be served.RSVP: ucfa@earthlink.net so we can get an accurate food count.  (Cut and paste this address into your email.  You can’t do it from here.)APRIL 1982: ANCIENT CALIFORNIA HISTORY “The interconnected complications surrounding the upcoming state budget for 1982-83 defy comprehension by most state legislators let alone the public at large… Governor Jerry Brown is projecting a $3 to $4 Billion shortfall in revenues for 1982-83. This is against the Governor’s $2.1 Billion estimate in his January…

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Yet another 405-related traffic alert in the area near UCLA

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There will be a closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane/Ovada Street  beginning Friday, November 2, at 9 pm until Monday at 6 am.  The Montana Avenue off-ramp from the I-405 north will also be closed from 7 pm Friday until Monday at 6 am. It’s trouble for those who want to get home late or during the weekend: And by the way, those AMs and PMs get modified half way through the weekend:  

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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:

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Even if you have the Marxist view on the November ballot initiatives…

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Groucho Marx, that is, and his academic perspective: Today is the day for hearing about all eleven of them. Campus Program on Ballot Propositions: Nov. 1 The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment present: Debating the 2012 California Ballot Propositions  with Gray Davis, Luskin Distinguished Policy Fellow, and Cameron Smyth, Luskin Senior Fellow California voters face big decisions on the 2012 ballot initiatives. From tax policy to the death penalty to genetically modified food labeling, a lot is at stake on the ballot. Join us for an educational and informative forum to analyze the…

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Poll Close to Home

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The Daily Bruin has an article on student knowledge about Prop 30 indicating that a majority were not familiar with the initiative.  Prop 30 – the governor’s tax initiative – has been endorsed by the UC Regents.  If it doesn’t pass, there will be trigger cuts to the state budget including $250 million to UC.  Note that the poll was done in late September and early October.  Presumably, the level of awareness has risen, particularly after the visit of Governor Brown to the campus on behalf of Prop 30. However, as yours truly notes in a quote in the article,…