Dr. Charles Thorpe, Associate Professer of Sociology at UCSD, posted the following open letter to the UC Regents at change.org to condemn police aggression at last week’s protests at UC Riverside (captured in the youtube video by a UCSD student below). In less than a week, 78 signatures were gathered including 45 members of the […]
UCSD at UCR: Protesting the January 19th UC Regents Meeting
Bright and early on the morning of January 19th, a contingent of 40 student and faculty representatives from UCSD boarded a bus provided by the SDFA and headed out to join the protest against the UC Regents meeting at UC Riverside. Profs. Ivan Evans and Luis Martin-Cabrera were there to represent the SDFA. Students were […]
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, corporate privatizer and union buster, wants UCSF out of the UC system
On January 19th, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann floated a plan to the UC Regents to identify new funding sources for her campus. From the announcement: “UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, proposed to the University of California Regents on Jan. 19 that a small working group be formed to help UCSF explore options to secure its financial future so […]
Get on the Bus! Speak out at the Regents meeting this week at UC Riverside
The UC Board of Regents is holding its quarterly meeting this week at UC Riverside at the Highlander Union Building. SDFA is encouraging members of the UCSD community (faculty, students, staff and alumni) to speak out at the Regents meeting about tuition fee hikes, revenue allocation and the lack of shared governance in our University. To help […]
UCR Chancellor White Withdraws Protest Guidelines
In response to overwhelming protest (including an open letter from the SDFA), UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White withdrew the Protest Guidelines posted earlier this month on the UCR Dean of Students page, which he characterized as a “draft” document. However, this small victory may only be temporary; Chancellor White has directed a “review [of the policies] […]