Campbell’s Bookstore in Westwood (long gone) As we do at the end of each quarter (calendar year quarter; not UCLA quarter), we provide an alternative way to read the blog.You can flip through the 2013 fourth quarter’s blog pages at the link below. However, formatting may be odd and all audio and video will be absent. Some post titles may be truncated. However, you can always return to the actual blog for any missing elements.Below is the alternative reading link:
Following the earlier lead of UCLA, all UC campuses today become smoke-free zones, including such products as e-cigarettes. According to a UC media release: …Effective Jan. 1, 2014, the University of California will be entirely smoke and tobacco free. Smoking and the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, snuff, water pipes, pipes, hookahs, chew and any other non-combustible tobacco product will be prohibited across all campuses and facilities, including inside buildings, outdoor areas and sidewalks, parking lots, and residential housing areas. This is a major change for many people and will require all members of the university…
We noted in a previous post that the chancellor at UC-San Diego commented (negatively) on the Israel boycott called by an academic group called the American Studies Assn. See: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2013/12/uc-sd-chancellors-statement-on-american.html Since that time, Inside Higher Ed has run stories on university officials and others who have also commented along with faculty reaction, pro and con. For example:http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/12/27/trinity-college-faculty-object-presidential-statement-denouncing-academic-boycott andhttp://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/12/30/american-council-education-denounces-israel-boycott The closure of UCLA until January 2nd gives Chancellor Block a temporary period in which he can avoid commenting. It will be interesting to see he says – or doesn’t say – when the university reopens. Happy New Year Chancellor!====================== Update: From…
You might have noticed the map on the front page of today’s LA Times that shows that the Santa Monica fault is rather close to the campus. See:http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-earthquake-fault-building-20131230-dto,0,1585622.htmlstory However, unlike UC-Santa Cruz, we don’t get naming rights: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELDcYugrp3c?feature=player_detailpage]
Authorities will close the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway between Sunset and Wilshire boulevards in West Los Angeles for six hours Sunday morning while crews realign lanes to accommodate roadway widening and drainage work along the median, according to Metro.The full closure will run from midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday, but crews will begin closing freeway ramps in the affected area starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. They will start closing southbound lanes at 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Metro… Full story at centurycity.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/405-freeway-to-close-lanes-sunday-morning-centurycity Read the signs:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Uf4kc2aTk?feature=player_detailpage]
Marilyn Monroe visits UCLA in 1952.
Motorists traveling south on the 405 Freeway through West Los Angeles will be made to take a short detour during an early morning five-hour full directional closure on Friday, Dec. 27. From midnight on Thursday, Dec. 26 to 5 am on Friday, Dec. 27, the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project contractor is scheduled to implement a full directional closure of the southbound 405 Freeway traffic between Santa Monica Boulevard and National Boulevard. The closures will facilitate the realignment of lanes to accommodate roadway widening and drainage work along the freeway median. Lanes will begin to close at 10 pm on…
Christmas day tends to be a slow news day. However, for those who didn’t see it, the LA Times carried a front page story about UC’s online offerings which allow cross-campus credits. You can find the article at: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-me-uc-online-20131222,0,6798231.story Blog readers will be familiar with these offerings. We noted in a prior post that UCLA seems to be a taker rather than a giver in this endeavor. That is, other campuses’ online courses are available to UCLA students. But UCLA is not offering courses to the other campuses. Berkeley, Irvine, Davis, and Riverside seem to be the offerers. Now, how…
Actress Marion Davies (older woman towards the right) attends Christmas parties (1953 – top, 1954 – bottom) at the UCLA Marion Davies Children’s Clinic. [Photos from LAPL] And – for today’s holiday offering – a happy ending for another child:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5mF2TCyS-o?feature=player_detailpage]
Driving into Westwood in the early 1940s.
