University creates faculty position
The university is accepting applications and nominations for a
new associate vice chancellor for faculty diversity. Applications
should be sent to the AVC Faculty Diversity Search Committee by
Aug. 1.
According to the AVC Faculty Diversity Search Committee,
creation of the new position reaffirms UCLA’s dedication to
faculty diversity.
The person who holds the new position is expected to pursue
faculty diversity as a part of academic excellence at UCLA. They
will report to the vice chancellor for academic personnel and
advise the chancellor and the executive vice chancellor.
Candidates must have the academic credentials necessary to be
hired for a UCLA tenured position. The position will go into effect
in winter 2002.
Spring Midnight Yell uneventful
Burning couches, firecrackers and water balloon fights at
midnight during finals week may have been a short-lived tradition
for UCLA students spring quarter.
“You could describe this quarter’s Midnight Yell as
uneventful,” said Lt. Manny Garza of university police.
According to Garza, UCPD issued fewer than one dozen citations.
Most citations they issued involved noise complaints.
“Five or 10 minutes and it was over. We were out of the
area in 20 minutes,” he said. “A few fireworks were the
highlight of it.”
Midnight Yell is the tradition where students scream for several
minutes outside their apartments or on rooftops to alleviate the
stress of finals week.
During Midnight Yell in fall 1999, officers from the Los Angeles
Police Department arrested 19 students for arson and/or failure to
disperse.
But by fall 2000, Midnight Yell activities had subsided due to
increased university regulations. UCPD entered into an agreement
with LAPD to patrol Midnight Yell, because they felt students would
respond better to campus police.
“I commend them for using UCPD instead of LAPD,”
said Ryan McManus, a fourth-year business economics student.
But McManus also thought the UCPD’s presence was more than
it needed to be.
“They’re not needed in full force. They had like 50
cops in two hours, geared up at 6 or 7 p.m.,” he said.
Both UCPD and other university administrators say they are
satisfied that they have reached their goals .
“We’ve brought it back to where we’d like it
to be,” Garza said.
UC vice president receives award
Cornelius L. Hopper, vice president for health affairs emeritus
of the University of California, is the recipient of the first
National Medical Fellowships Founder’s Award.
The National Medical Fellowships, a private nonprofit
organization, was founded in 1946 to provide financial aid to
African-American medical students.
“Hopper is a medical statesman of the very first
rank,” UC President Richard C. Atkinson said in a statement.
“National Medical Fellowships could not have chosen a more
appropriate person to honor with its first Founder’s
Award.”
Hopper retired in October 1999 after 20 years with the UC. As
vice president for health affairs, he presided over long-range
planning and policy development for a statewide health sciences
academic establishment that is the nation’s largest,
encompassing 14 health professions schools that enroll 13,000
students and provide clinical training in UC’s major medical
centers and affiliated hospitals throughout the state.
Before joining the UC, Hopper brought together a network of
physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners and administrators to
create a multi-county primary care network in rural south central
Alabama.
Shortly after his formal retirement, Hopper, at Atkinson’s
request, took on the job of chairing a 14-member Medical Student
Diversity Task Force. Hopper currently serves as chair of the Board
of Regents at Samuel Merritt College in Oakland.
Reports from Daily Bruin staff and wire services.