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Wide search expected in hunt for next UC president
With no obvious inside candidate to be the next president of the University of California system, experts predict a wide search that will concentrate on similar university systems elsewhere but could also stretch beyond academia. Whoever replaces Mark...
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Protest, Government, University of California, Riverside, Jerry Brown
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UC acceptance rate of California seniors at record low
The chances of in-state high school seniors gaining admission to the University of California worsened this year, as more of them applied and the number accepted dropped 2.2%, according to data released Thursday. Meanwhile, the ranks of out-of-staters and...
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Human Accomplishments, Colleges and Universities, Students, Education
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UC expected to launch wide search for new president
Mark Yudof likes to point out that he was the first real outsider in more than a century chosen to run the sprawling University of California system. And he often jokes that, as a result of his leadership, it is likely to take a hundred years more...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Protest, Government, University of California, Riverside, Jerry Brown
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A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor
Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Social Issues, Environmental Issues
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Allison Anders and Kurt Voss keep the music playing
For Allison Anders and Kurt Voss, making "Strutter" was like going back decades to when they were UCLA film students and guerrilla tactics were essential survival skills. One day on their new micro-budget production, Anders stood in the street to...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Music, Kurt Voss, Music Industry
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Mira Costa High volleyball wins three of five sets to beat Loyola
For one invigorating night, there was a truce in the seemingly never-ending feud between public and private high schools. On Friday night, the best of high school sports was on display in the annual neighborhood volleyball match between Southern Section...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), High School Sports
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Boys' volleyball: Bragging rights and more are at stake in Loyola-Mira Costa
Varsity Times InsiderOne of the great sporting events in Southern California takes places on Friday at 7 p.m. at Loyola Marymount when volleyball powers Los Angeles Loyola and Manhattan Beach Mira Costa face off in what is always an entertaining event on...... -
Injuries putting a crimp in UCLA football's practice style
The numbers game is tilting against UCLA during spring football practice. The Bruins can count the number of healthy defensive linemen on one hand. The number of defensive backs — those on scholarship — is even less. As for offensive...
Tags: UCLA Bruins, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Football
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Johnathan Franklin, once seventh at UCLA, knocks on NFL heaven's door
NEW YORK — It could average 400 pounds from tackle to tackle, and still the offensive line Johnathan Franklin runs behind in the NFL won't be as daunting as the line he had at UCLA. His line in college was a queue of seven running backs, and...
Tags: Seattle Seahawks, UCLA Bruins, Kenjon Barner, National Football League, Atlanta Falcons
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Adult consciousness may be present in infants' minds, study says
Babies wise up fast. By the time infants are 3 months old, their unfinished brains are laced with a trillion connections, and the collective weight of all those firing neurons triples in a year. But the indecipherable babbling and maladroit wiggling...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Research, Science
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Saving precious memories: Experts talk brain breakthroughs [Live]
Got burning questions about how memories are made and stored in the brain? You are in luck: Two prominent neuroscientists are taking questions from the public about memory and the brain on Google Chat today and you can watch it live, here. The hangout...Tags: Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Alzheimer's Disease, Harvard Medical School, Medical Research
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Turtle can freeze solid and survive, and we have those same genes
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Look beyond the western painted turtle's colorful stripes and you’ll find an animal that seems to have nearly magical powers. A baby western painted turtle can freeze solid, and as long as nothing cracks it in half or tampers with it too much, the...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Frostbite, Hypothermia
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