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Back to the Future at UC-Berkeley and UCLA?

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From the Daily Californian: On Monday, the UC Berkeley administration sent an email to students stating that setting up any encampments on campus property would not be tolerated. But when Occupy Cal protesters voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to pitch tents on the lawns outside of Sproul Hall despite the warning, clashes with police ensued — the exact result campus officials had said they hoped to avoid… Full article at http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/10/occupy-cal-moves-ahead-despite-uc-berkeley-administrations-warnings/ From the Daily Bruin: Eleven people were arrested and protesters shut down Wilshire Boulevard for two and a half hours Wednesday afternoon in the loudest pushback against tuition hikes and state…

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Chancellor Says We Need Patience & Prudence on the Hotel Business Plan: No Plan Available for Now

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Chancellor Block says the hotel/conference center business plan – which is the only way to determine the viability of the plan and whether it will end up costing the campus money – can’t be made available now for reasons of prudence. See the letter below. So I guess we are expected to be patient until it is prudent. Letter to the Editor, Daily Bruin, 11/9/11 The proposal to build a $152 million conference and guest center on campus is not one UCLA made in haste. In fact, it is supported by $50 million from alumni Meyer Luskin, a highly successful…

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Scoping!

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The report for the scoping review on the newly revised hotel/conference center is now available. Earlier posts on this blog have noted the absence of the report in view of the upcoming session about it to be held Monday, Nov. 14, 7-9 PM, at the Faculty Center. But the report is now online. You can find the report at http://www.capital.ucla.edu/PDF/111108CC2InitialStudy.pdf To attend the Nov. 14 meeting, RSVP by Nov. 9 to mrule@support.ucla.edu Here is an alternative link to the report: Open publication – Free publishing – More ucla Update: Here is the legal announcement in the LA Times: Open publication…

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No Smoking Better Than No Scoping

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In case you haven’t noticed the signs near the Westwood Blvd. entrance to UCLA, the health center is going entirely no smoking on Nov. 17. It’s good to have no smoking. But as yesterday’s post pointed out, no scoping is not so good. We are still awaiting the scoping report on the new hotel/conference center plan which is supposed to be discussed at a public meeting next week. http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/waiting-for-scoping-report.html

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Waiting for the Scoping Report

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As a prior post indicated, there is supposed to be a “scoping” report regarding the revised and relocated proposal for a UCLA hotel/conference center. The presentation of the scoping report is scheduled for a week from today. It will take place on Monday, November 14, 7-9 PM, at the Faculty Center. It is getting late to release the report so there can be a public examination of it prior to November 14. We are waiting patiently, but it would be nice to see the scope up on the web. If you are interested in attending the November 14 meeting, send…

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Ham and Eggs: November 15

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The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club will be hosting yours truly on Tuesday, November 15, 1:30 PM, at the Faculty Center to talk about “Ham and Eggs Pensions in California.” Below is the text from the above announcement. FDR wasn’t the only one who wanted to end destitution among the elderly. Even after Social Security became law, about 80 old-age pension proposals competed for support in California alone. The most prominent and sensational became known as“Ham and Eggs.” It promised “$30 every Thursday” for each unemployed Californian aged 50 or older. The idea was that every pensioner deserved a square meal…

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Stolen Data

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UCLA Health System warns patients personal information was stolen Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times. 11/5/11 The UCLA Health System is warning thousands of patients that their personal information was stolen and they are at risk of possible identity theft, officials said in a statement released Friday. Officials don’t believe the information has been accessed or misused but are referring patients to a data security company if their name and credit are affected. Information from 16,288 patients was taken from the home of a physician whose house was burglarized Sept. 6, according to the UCLA Health System… The theft is not…