Sunday, July 12

In the news:

Slight real estate slump predicted

As the price of real estate continues to increase, especially with the high cost of living in California, UCLA’s Anderson School of Business economists and corporate contributors concluded in their June 21 quarterly forecast that there will be a slight slump in the real estate market. Read more...



Temporary is common at top

When Norman Abrams becomes interim chancellor of UCLA on Saturday, he will be the first temporary chief executive the campus has seen in decades. Abrams’ term as chancellor is scheduled to last only until his successor is chosen and becomes available, which starkly contrasts with the most recent two chancellorships: outgoing Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s term lasted nine years, and Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Read more...


[ORIENTATION]: UCLA educates, offers aid for STIs

After she had been in college for a year, second-year physiological science student Victoria Muchnik said she noticed students would talk a lot more about their sex lives in high schools, but at UCLA, fewer and fewer students would talk about the sexual aspects of their lives. Read more...


UCSC chancellor dies in fall

In what was an apparent suicide jump, UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton fell to her death from the 43rd floor of a San Francisco apartment building Saturday morning, authorities said. Read more...


Abrams to keep UCLA running

When Norman Abrams stepped onto campus in 1959 to assume a faculty position, he never thought he would one day step into the chancellor’s office to assume the position of chief executive of the university. Read more...


Editorial: Denton’s successes should be remembered

At UCLA, the tone surrounding recent discussions of the chancellor has been optimistic, with incoming Interim Chancellor Norman Abrams, a UCLA professor emeritus of law, taking office on July 1 while the search for a permanent replacement for Chancellor Albert Carnesale continues. Read more...