1.05.2004
UCal system braces for cuts
UC-San Diego Guardian: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the implementation of $150 million mid-year state budget cuts on Dec. 18, including a $29.9 million reduction to the University of California's budget, in order to make scheduled payments to local governments in California.
University officials had not expected funds to stop flowing until after the details of the governor's full budget proposal were disclosed and had received legislative approval. The budget proposal is due by Jan. 10..."
SEE ALSO: Outreach programs could be one of the many victims of the new budget, writes Marnette Federis for the Guardian.
In the opinion section, two students debate the pros ("extraneous programs are excessive during times of fiscal crisis") and cons ("outreach necessary to encourage qualified students to attend college")of axing the outreach programs.
And the university builds a bomb blast simulator:
University officials had not expected funds to stop flowing until after the details of the governor's full budget proposal were disclosed and had received legislative approval. The budget proposal is due by Jan. 10..."
SEE ALSO: Outreach programs could be one of the many victims of the new budget, writes Marnette Federis for the Guardian.
In the opinion section, two students debate the pros ("extraneous programs are excessive during times of fiscal crisis") and cons ("outreach necessary to encourage qualified students to attend college")of axing the outreach programs.
And the university builds a bomb blast simulator:
The blast simulator is constructed through a contract from the Technical Support Working Group, which is a federal interagency entity organized to fight terrorism. The results from the simulator will be used to devise methods to protect high-risk buildings in the event of terrorist bombings...A Guardian columnist thinks it's possible that the Democrats are headed toward collapse and the Republicans toward implosion.
..."For example, here in America, like in the Oklahoma City bombing, the blast loads typically affect our structures in a way that there is a regressive structural collapse following the initial blast loading," Seible said. "This collapse accounts for most of the casualties."
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