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Month: September 2007

UCI drops Erwin Chemerinsky. Follow up thoughts.

UCI drops Erwin Chemerinsky. Follow up thoughts.

After reading news reports in the LA Times, Friday, September 14, 2007, edition, and listening to NPR local radio reports my viewpoint has not changed much except for the following thoughts. Some reports point to the possibility that the Irvine campus chancellor was pressured by some powerful political types to rescind the appointment of Erwin Chemerinsky. If this is true, then what about Mr. Chemerinsky offends those allegedly political types? Obviously, it is the fact that he is a liberal….

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UC Irvine rescinds appointment of Erwin Chemerinsky.

UC Irvine rescinds appointment of Erwin Chemerinsky.

In today’s newspaper (LA Times, Thursday, September 13, 2007) there is an article revealing the withdrawal of Erwin Chemerinsky as being the new dean of the Irvine campus law school. This is a most unfortunate development for all concerned. So why did this happen, why this turn around? Lets itemize who looses and who gains. The Irvine campus has been in the news for one campus problem after another. This campus needs to settle down and get it right for…

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Stephanie’s viewpoint.

Stephanie’s viewpoint.

September 2, 2007 Having dinner at Macaroni Grill today, my wife and I met up with a server named Stephanie. I thought she was a student and she said she was when asked. This began a long running conversation between her serving duties as to her education at a junior college and transfer to a state college, CSUF. She was unhappy with some of the aspects of both experiences at her former junior college and at the state university. Here…

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