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UC Irvine hires prominent USC professor as provost
]This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Earlier this month, USC students and alumni were gloating about how their school had hired two top neuroscientists from UCLA, and UC system officials said they were upset by the loss. This week, however, UC announced that it has wooed away a prominent USC...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities
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OC Breakers tickets on sale
Individual match night tickets for the Orange County Breakers 2013 home matches are on sale. Local stars Steve Johnson, a former USC standout, and Coco Vandeweghe, a Newport Beach resident, lead the Breakers team as they open their Mylan World Team...Tags: Tennis, Dwayne Johnson, Human Interest, GEICO, Services and Shopping
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Letters: Can conservatives appeal to college grads?
Re "Conservatives need not apply," Opinion, May 19 Economist Kevin Hassett laments the scarcity of conservatives giving graduation speeches. He even claims that "a primary objective of today's academic institutions … is not to educate students...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Feminism, Teaching and Learning, Students, Education
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UC medical center strike: Most union members reported for work
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines in a workplace dispute Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many union members chose to come to work rather than strike. More than three-...
Tags: University of California, Davis, AFSCME, Strikes, Unions, Career and Workplace
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Spitzer: Deny hiker treatment option
A rescued hiker who was arrested after methamphetamine was allegedly found in his car should not enter a program that allows first-time offenders to avoid jail, an Orange County supervisor said Wednesday. County Supervisor Todd Spitzer argued in a news...Tags: Career and Workplace, Methamphetamine (drug), Orange County Superior Court, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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At UC San Francisco, 150 surgeries canceled because of strike
SAN FRANCISCO -- A strike by patient-care workers concerned about pension changes and staffing levels has led to the cancellation of an expected 150 surgeries at UC San Francisco Medical Center over the two-day labor action and will affect at least...
Tags: University of California, Davis, Interior Policy, AFSCME, Dwayne Johnson, Strikes
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Startups, Career and Workplace, Migration, Colleges and Universities, Technology
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City Lights: Clowning around, with purpose
If you're old enough to have watched "Saturday Night Live" in the early 1990s, you may remember "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey," a series of pseudo-philosophical musings set to soft music over pastoral backgrounds. One classic read: "To me, clowns aren't...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Entertainment
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Corporate money in politics: Liberals vs. liberals on Prop. C
The Times editorial board offended some liberal readers when it urged a no vote on Proposition C, which asks voters in the city of Los Angeles to “instruct” local members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to overturn the...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Elections, U.S. Congress, The Huffington Post, Politics
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Tesco plc, Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Plant Openings, New York University
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Men's Volleyball: 'Eaters repeat
LOS ANGELES — Thundering chants of U-C-I and B-Y-U perhaps might have faded under a more resonant echoes of Dy-Nas-Ty Saturday night as the UC Irvine men's volleyball team earned its second straight NCAA championship and its fourth in seven seasons....
Tags: College Sports, Brigham Young Cougars, Teaching and Learning, UC Irvine Anteaters, Students
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UC Irvine probes hate incident involving racist note
UC Irvine's chancellor pledged Wednesday to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student's backpack last week. The student found the note, which read "Go back 2 Africa slave," while she was in the science library on...
Tags: Racism, Social Issues
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