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While on a research trip to Besançon, France, history professor Jonathan Beecher was interviewed by Radio France and was the subject of a profile in the local newspaper, L’Est Republicain. Beecher’s work concerns a tradition of French radical and utopian thought with deep roots in the east of France. Economist Michael Hutchison discussed the Southeast…

The UCSC Millennium Committee has established a new Web site to keep the campus community up to date on its activities. A link to the Web page has also been added to the UCSC home page: http://www.ucsc.edu. The Millennium Committee was established by Chancellor Greenwood in July 1997 to reassess and articulate the basic values…

Matthew Henken: Assistant Professor of Philosophy Matthew Henken comes to UCSC from Dartmouth College, where he taught philosophy last year. His work focuses on epistemology and metaphysics as well as the philosophy of language, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of mind. Henken’s recent research concerns philosophical skepticism about necessity and morality. He received…

Oil spill: 11-3-97 A spill of a mysterious oily substance in Monterey Bay during the weekend of October 25 injured hundreds of grebes, loons, and other seabirds. The spill triggered a rescue effort based at the Department of Fish and Game’s new Oiled Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, next to UCSC’s Long Marine Lab.…

The Regional History Project of the University Library announces the publication of Page Smith: Founding Cowell College and UCSC, 1964-1973. The volume chronicles the extensive contributions of the nationally renowned historian, who died last year. Smith joined the faculty in 1964 as founding provost of the campus’s first college and embarked on the adventure of…

President Clinton’s new proposal to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions "will anger industry," according to recent news reports. True. And Clinton recently told the world that raising energy prices "won’t pass muster with the American people." He’s right about that, too. The American public insists on its "right to pollute" on a global scale. Even…

SANTA CRUZ, CA­Judging from the phone calls and letters she has received since publishing her first book, The Creative Dreamer, Veronica Tonay appears to be one of those lucky authors whose work is helping people make positive changes in their lives. "I’ve gotten so much feedback from readers telling me about the changes they’ve made,"…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The number of Atlantic salmon in American rivers has dropped dramatically in recent years, making the scientific quest to understand the mysteries of the life cycle of the remaining fish a high priority. One of the scientists at the forefront of that investigation is Marc Mangel, a professor of environmental studies at the…

Making the News highlights campus people interviewed or covered by news media. Composer David Cope’s work on EMI, a computer program he invented, has seen a flurry of attention in the media of late. Leading off the crowd was New Scientist magazine, which made EMI its cover story for August 9. Other print media that…

A 24-year veteran of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, known for his skill at forging campus-laboratory ties as well as his scholarship in fusion energy research, is the University of California’s newly appointed associate vice provost for research and laboratory programs. Rulon K. Linford, currently UC coordinator for science and technology at the Los Alamos…

"An Evening with John Muir" is the title of a solo performance by Frank Helling on Saturday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowell College Fireside Lounge. Geologist, botanist, explorer, writer, philosopher, and preservationist, John Muir lived life to its fullest, and Frank Helling brings the great mountaineer to life. His acclaimed rendering of…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–A person born blind can tell the difference between a sphere and a cube by touch. Were this person suddenly able to see, would she be able to distinguish the two forms by sight? This is the crux of a puzzle that philosophers have been debating for centuries, according to Alva Noe, an…