FOR THE WEEK OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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UCR community weighs in on search for chancellor
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A town hall was hosted by five members of the chancellor search advisory committee on Feb. 22 in order to collect public input about the characteristics and experiences desired in UCR’s 14th chancellor. The overall selection process will fall within an estimated six months, where hundreds of highranking officials will be considered for the position. The panelists consisted of Jose Wudka, chair of the Riverside division of the academic senate; Yolanda Moses, associate vice chancellor for diversity, excellence and equity; Neal Schiller, senior associate dean for the School of Medicine; Robert Wolfer, vice president of the UCR staff assembly; Liam Dow, president of the Associated Students of UCR; and Aaron Jones, UCR’s graduate student representative. Committee members Wudka, Moses and Schniller will form a separate subcommittee, which will make candidate recommendations to the rest of the advisory board by March 4. They will be
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joined by UC Davis Academic Senate Chair Robert Powell and UCSB Professor of Anthropology Mayfair Yang. By May 6, the advisory committee will further condense the list of possible applicants. “It is the job of the subcommittee to select a candidate...so that the president is compelled to follow through with the recommendation,” Wudka said about the subcommittee’s role to filter out hundreds of qualified candidates. Organized by UC President Mark Yudof, the 17-member advisory committee consists of UC regents, students, staff, faculty and ex-officios. Yudof had expressed a desire for a UCR chancellor to be selected by July—just one month before he is expected to step down as UC president. Wudka said that the deadline is informal and will not modify the chancellor search, even if recommendations are made after August. “We’re not going to shortchange the campus just because we’ve made the assumption about a deadline,” said Wudka. With the attendance of many first-year students, faculty and ASUCR senators, the event was an informal exchange among a room of 30 to 40. Members of the TOWN HALL CONT’D ON PAGE 6
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UCR student joins with PETA for all-vegan dining hall petition S a n dy V a n SENIOR STAFF WRITER
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An undergraduate student has started a petition with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to bring an all-vegan dining hall to UC Riverside. Led by fourth-year philosophy major Donnie McMann, the petition has garnered a whopping 625 signatures since the idea was first conceived on Feb. 13. “Factory farming is the number one cause of climate change in the world, and not only does eating meat support cruelty to animals, it also contributes to human health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and obesity. It’s time to meet the growing student demand for delicious, nutritious vegan meals,” the petition read. PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the United States and one of their campaigns is entitled “Go Vegan!” The campaign encourages individuals to play a role in the reduction of animal slaughter, world hunger and climate change by switchingp to a vegan lifestyle. Veganism is a type of vegetarian diet that does not include eggs, meat, dairy or animal-based products. “Many are eager for getting a change. There isn’t much in place for those who want
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a different option,” expressed McMann. He is a former youth outreach and campaign activist for PETA who wanted to promote his cause through the petition. “Vegans and vegetarians have limited options on campus and within the dining halls they are confined to a salad bar, which is unfortunate.” McMann hopes that UC Riverside will become the second campus in the UC system to start an all-vegan culinary dining hall. Constructed in January 2012, UC San Diego
opened an exclusively vegetarian and vegan dining hall called Roots—the only one of its kind in the system. “I think [veganism] is great. I hear about how hard [going vegan] is but my real goal is to show how normal and easy it is. It’s a greener diet and you can get healthier this way as opposed to an omnivorous diet,” stated McVEGAN CONT’D ON PAGE 4
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