About 10 years ago,
Rhonda Voo's house was a mess. Shelves packed with Beanie Babies, Barbies and
various other toys covered the walls in her cramped three-bedroom, one bathroom
house. With three children between the ages of 5 and 11, Voo discovered that
even finding a pair of shoes became a daily challenge. "It's like all the stuff you own kind of
weighs you down," said Voo, who was one of 32 families participating in a UCLA study on family life in Los Angeles. Voo wasn't the only
one feeling the stress. An interdisciplinary group of researchers —
archaeologists, anthropologists, psychologists and other social scientists —
found that mothers who described their houses as messy or cluttered experienced
higher rates of a depressed mood in the evening…
Of course, our campus could never have too much stuff put on it, could
it? UCLA would never buy more/build more than it
needs, would it? (Just asking!)
The LA Times article is at
Even if, in the remote possibility, we did try to buy too much, luckily we have the Regents to stop us. If we didn't absolutely need a 250-room hotel, they wouldn't OK it. Right?
And if even the Regents were to overdo it, there is a morning-after remedy:
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