First, there is the prosecution of a UCLA professor in connection with a lab fire. An article at the UCLA newsroom said the judge was entering a plea of not guilty for the faculty member over the objections of his lawyer. That seems odd since the position of not guilty has always been the stance. But no explanation for the oddity is to be found in the article. Perhaps a reader can add some enlightenment.
Second, there is the rejection of the Anderson School's proposed self-sufficiency funding for its regular MBA program. The proposal was approved, albeit with much controversy, at the campus level but is apparently blocked by a systemwide Academic Senate committee. Various sources have cited an official statement by UCLA indicating that it would press on to obtain approval. But the source of the statement is unidentified. Who said it? You might think it must be on the newsroom webpage of UCLA:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/default.aspx. But as of 10:45 am today, it isn't there. Is the intent to get approval of the UC president and Regents despite the systemwide Senate committee's rejection? Again, some enlightenment would be helpful.
Readers can add what they know in the comment option for this blog.
The entry for the fire/plea article is at: [scroll towards bottom of entry]
http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/09/not-guilty-plea-in-ucla-lab-fire-case.html
The entry for the MBA article is at: [scroll towards bottom of entry]
http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-one-wants-to-talk.html
In the meantime while we await explanation, we provide appropriate music:
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