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John Ellis, professor emeritus of German literature, is gaining national recognition for his book, Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities. The book made both the Washington Post and the Washington Times best nonfiction book lists for 1997 and received nearly unanimously enthusiastic reviews in 30 major publications and on nearly a…

Approximately 70 people attended the Millennium Committee’s town hall meeting on March 5. What principles should UCSC follow as the campus moves into the next century? That’s the question the Millennium Committee has been asking members of the campus and Santa Cruz communities this academic year. Charged by Chancellor Greenwood with the responsibility for articulating…

A recent survey of assistant and associate professors revealed that many faculty accept jobs at UCSC with concerns about limited opportunities for their spouses to find jobs in the Monterey Bay Area. In response to these concerns, Academic Human Resources has established a partnership with the Career Action Center (CAC), a nonprofit Cupertino organization providing…

When a magazine collector in Japan described the allure of America to young Japanese, he told film director Chip Lord that America has an "aroma of enchantment." Lord knew he had just heard the title for his documentary-in-progress. That documentary, The Aroma of Enchantment (1992), will be cablecast on Community Television, Channel 72, at 8…

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential counseling program for UC faculty and staff. The service provides prepaid counseling services to those facing personal and work-related problems. Managers, supervisors, and human resources representatives should be aware, particularly, of two services offered through EAP: Management consultations: Those with concerns about employees who are experiencing personal…

Kirk Lew Over the past few years, the UCSC administration has implemented a new financial information system and transferred many of the responsibilities for purchasing, making payments, tracking budgets, and other financial matters from a few central offices to three dozen Service Centers on campus. Kirk Lew, assistant vice chancellor for financial affairs, believes this…

The culture we live in and the media messages we are exposed to form a myriad of attitudes that we tend to internalize. For most women in our society these attitudes include displeasure with their bodies, difficulty in expressing their ideas, fears of violence against themselves and their children, and a fear of expressing anger.…

Chancellor Greenwood was quoted in two different stories in mid-February on the function in obese people of Lepti–a hormone that signals people on when to stop eating. The first story appeared in the Chicago Tribune and was picked up by the Seattle Times. In the story, Greenwood observes that genes that were invaluable to people…

Max R. Espinoza, a political science and Chicana and Chicano studies double major at UCLA, has been nominated as the next student member of the UC Board of Regents. Espinoza’s nomination was approved by the Regents’ Special Committee to Select a Student Regent during the board’s February policy meeting in San Francisco. The full board…

Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to share with you this copy of "Making Diversity Work", the final report of the Chancellor’s Commission on a Changing Campus. The Commission worked diligently, seriously and creatively to assess the status of our campus’ commitment to diversity in this post-Proposition 209 era. Many thanks are due the members of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The culture we live in and the media messages we are exposed to form a myriad of attitudes that we tend to internalize. For most women in our society these attitudes include displeasure with their bodies, difficulty in expressing their ideas, fears of violence against themselves and their children, and a fear of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–When a magazine collector in Japan described the allure of America to young Japanese, he told film director Chip Lord that America has an "aroma of enchantment." Lord knew he had just heard the title for his documentary-in-progress. That documentary, The Aroma of Enchantment (1992), will be cablecast on Community Television, Channel 72,…