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VOLUME 45, ISSUE 51
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MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
ELECTION 2012
Chancellor search
UCSD Names a New Chancellor Dean of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon will become the university’s eighth chancellor. K yle S zeto /G uardian
BY Javier Armstrong Staff Writer Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering, will be the eighth chancellor of UCSD, UC President Mark G. Yudof announced May 3. Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, who announced her resignation on P radeep K. K hosla July 5, 2011, will continue serving until the UC Board of Regents confirms its final decision at the May 16 meeting. Yudof said that Khosla emerged as the top candidate after the international search. The search committee, comprised of faculty, Regents and students, took eight months to interview prospective chancellors. “[Pradeep Khosla is an] oft-honored researcher, an innovative educator dedicated to improving the quality of life for students, faculty and staff and an entrepreneurial leader with a global vision and proven fundraising abilities,” Yudof said in a press release. Outgoing Chancellor Marye Anne Fox’s eight years at UCSD are highlighted by the improvement of university infrastructure and increased funding and prestige of UCSD academics and research. As the Guardian reported back in October, Fox plans to return to teaching and spending time with her family. Khosla is the Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon, where he has initiated several undergraduate curriculum reforms. According to the press release, he implemented successful diversity efforts, multidisciplinary and multicollege research centers, multidisciplinary graduate offerings and started international programs in Japan, Korea, Portugal, China and Rwanda. Khosla’s leadership resulted in larger numbers of women and minorities See Chancellor, page 3
Ron Paul Draws Crowd of Nearly 6,000 By margaret yau • Managing Editor
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epublican presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) spoke to approximately 5,600 spectators at Warren Mall last Friday. The group UCSD Students for Ron Paul, chaired by president Elizabeth Goodrich, brought Paul to campus on Friday, May 4. After a brief introduction, a black SUV pulled up to Warren Mall and the crowd exploded in cheers of “President Paul.” During the speech, Paul stressed the need for the country to return to
mental power and individual liberties. “Liberty doesn’t come because you are part of a group,” Paul said. “You don’t get liberty from being a hyphenated American. You have liberty because you have a right to your life, you have a right to your liberty and you have the right to keep all the fruits of your labor.” According to Goodrich, UCSD Students for Ron Paul solicited over 1,000 signatures on Library Walk this past October to bring Paul to campus.
Soon after, the campaign contacted Goodrich about including UCSD on Paul’s California campaign tour. Paul’s campaign also stopped at UCLA, UC Berkeley and several state schools this week. Goodrich said that Friday’s event, excluding the cost of transporting Paul to campus, cost approximately $4,000. According to Goodrich, Paul’s own campaign funds supported the event. Goodrich said that the event was See Paul, page 3
Student life
Israeli Diplomat Discusses Foreign Policy BY Ayan Kusari Staff Writer Israeli Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon delivered a talk on the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, nuclear proliferation and the Arab Spring movement at Price Center Theater on May 3. Ayalon has been acting as Deputy Foreign Minister, one of the most senior positions in the Israeli cabinet, since March 29, 2009. As Deputy Foreign Minister, Ayalon is responsible for promoting economic, cultural and scientific ties between Israel and other nations. Before that, he served as the Israeli ambassador to the United States. Ayalon discussed Israel’s goals in its relationships to neighboring countries. “Israel would like to have peace — a true peace — with all its neigh-
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its Constitutional values. “Our job is great too, it’s a major task to change this country around because we have been drifting from our original intent of our Constitution, and the problems began a long time before you were born and unfortunately, you as a generation are inheriting it,” Paul said. “The burden will fall on you to change things.” During his speech, Paul spoke about his libertarian values. Libertarianism is a political stance that values freedom from govern-
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bors,” Ayalon said. “For us, peace is not just a piece of paper. It is an act of recognition and acceptance. We have been offering that.” Ayalon asked his audience members to look to the publicly available Oslo agreements of 1993 as proof. “If you check the offers, you’ll see that [Israel] has come 95 percent of the way,” he said. “Palestine has not budged an inch.” Palestinian scholars, such as Saree Makdisi, have argued that the Oslo Accords were heavily biased in favor of Israel to begin with. Ayalon said he was optimistic about foreign relations because it was his responsibility to be as a leader. He said that it was important for Israel to focus on building other allies in the Middle East, rather than focusing on a
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state “that will not, in a thousand years, recognize Israel as a nation.” “We should look for solutions,” he said. “We should not look at it as a zero-sum game.” Tritons for Israel, a campus organization that has also arranged for other Israeli speakers to speak at UCSD, coordinated the Ayalon event. TFI President Daniel Friedman said his group felt that it was necessary to sponsor speakers like Ayalon because of the divestment resolutions that have been brought before A.S. Council in recent years. The resolution asks the council to support divesting, or withdrawing money from, companies that provide war technology used by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Friedman said that reserving Price
Center Theater, where the event was held, was the most difficult aspect of event planning. Campus security, Israeli security and representatives from the State Department took care of security, scheduling and logistics. “There was a lot of coordination between the different teams involved,” Friedman said. “At UCSD, it all started four years ago when a resolution was brought to condemn Israel, and divest from a couple of Israeli companies who did business with the national military.” Friedman received day and time confirmation of the event on April 11 from Israeli security. From there, TFI had three-and-a-half weeks to prepare the event, and began planning
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