Thirty percent student fee hikes, cuts in outreach, research and student services, the cancellation of expected faculty pay increases ““ all this may be just the beginning of the University of California’s budget crisis. State lawmakers ““ facing growing pressure to pass an already late state spending bill and unable to agree on what combination of tax increases and […]
Author Archives: Kelly Rayburn
Ex-Princeton president lectures on education
Is the central use of a university to produce young people trained in a specific area and ready to become professionals in that field? Or, more generally, is it to provide students with a variety of challenges that will later equip them to become informed citizens? Or, why not both? Harold T. Shapiro, the former […]
Anderson Forecast rejects possibility of recovery
Top UCLA economists predicted “OK times in 2003″ Wednesday, but said ““Â time and time again ““Â people should not expect the sort of recovery that often follows recessions. The national economic forecast of the Anderson School at UCLA predicted the resumption of normal levels of growth late in 2003 and little net economic impact in the […]
Carnesale concerned with campus safety
Speaking in the wake of two major crimes in on-campus housing areas, Chancellor Albert Carnesale said Friday that he is “of course” concerned about any serious violence at UCLA, but that overall the campus is still very safe. “We all recognize the seriousness of it,” said Carnesale, who added that the housing administration, University Police […]
More details of Saxon robbery revealed
As Matt Bruno and Chris Dunbar opened the door on the way out of their Saxon suite, they were shoved back inside by three men carrying guns. The assailants proceeded to tie the student athletes at their ankles and hands, before stealing thousands of dollars of property. Such is Bruno’s description of how the armed […]
Latest reports of crime on the Hill cause parents to worry about residents’ safety
Since hearing news of a sexual assault in one of the De Neve buildings and then an armed-robbery in the Saxon Residential Suites, students have expressed concern about their personal safety and the condition of their housing environment. And they are not alone. A number of UCLA students’ parents ““Â the people who often pay the […]
Officer says robbery was planned
A university police officer said the armed robbery of a Saxon suite early Sunday morning is being classified as a “home invasion robbery” ““ meaning the assailants studied the victims for some time before barging into their room, holding them at gunpoint, and stealing thousands of dollars worth of their property. Such a classification may […]