UCLA Faculty Association Blog: 4th Quarter 2021

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by  Daniel J.B. Mitchell

UCLA Faculty Association Blog: 4th
Quarter 2021
Blog of UCLA Faculty Association, 4th Quarter of 2021. All video,
audio, and animated gifs are omitted. For originals, go to:
https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/
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Contents
Watch the Regents Meetings of Sept. 29, 2021 10
Vaccine Mandate Upheld 12
Wrong Way 13
Mixed Messages 14
The Alternative Way to Read the Blog 15
The Missing Item on the Regents' Agenda 16
Longstanding Problem Made Worse By COVID 17
Watch the Regents Meeting of Sept. 30, 2021 19
Churn 21
Size Doesn't Matter 22
Mixed Messages - Part 2 23
Worrying About Inflation 24
Transfers - Part 3 (still waiting for the guv) 26
Santa Barbara's Continuing Housing Crunch and the Larger 27
Issue
Transfers - Part 4 (he signed) 29
Rake's Egress 31
Santa Barbara's Continuing Housing Crunch and the Larger 32
Issue - Pa...
Regents Health Services Agenda Now Available 34
Still bouncing around too high 36
Uh Oh 37
If you're just waking up... 38
Continued erosion of the Master Plan 39
The Second Coming of the Regents 40
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LAO summary of UC budget 41
Room to Grow 43
UC (again) mandates flu shots 44
Lecturers' Labor Negotiation News 45
No Test 47
Still stuck 49
Dealing with excess 50
Continued erosion of the Master Plan - Part 2 55
Streisand Institute 57
Lecturers' Labor Negotiation News - Part 2 59
Abbot controversy spills over from MIT to Princeton and now to 60
Berk...
Abbot controversy spills over from MIT to Princeton and now to 64
Berk...
Just a reminder about "surplus" 66
Lecturers' Labor Negotiation News - Part 3 67
Abbot controversy spills over from MIT to Princeton and now to 68
Berk...
Stuck 70
Margo Leavin 71
Watch the Regents' Health Services Committee Meeting of Oct. 73
20, 2021
Watch the Regents' Special Committee on Innovation Transfer 74
& E...
New Protocol 75
New Med at Merced? Hard to be sure what the governor said 76
Enforcement (or non-enforcement) of campus coronavirus rules 77
Hastings or Not Hastings 79
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What will "fully" be? 84
Interim Adjustments 85
Eleven and Fifty 87
Another Week of Being Stuck 88
Munger Hall or Munger Hell? 89
Before Sunset 91
News of Student Researchers' Labor Negotiations 92
Munger Hall or Munger Hell - Part 2 93
Hastings or Not Hastings - Part 2 95
Still Problems With Vax Proof Uploading 97
No Progress 98
Munger Hall or Munger Hell - Part 3 (International Edition) 99
Vax Proof Uploading - Part 2 (mystery somewhat resolved) 101
Munger Hall or Munger Hell - Part 4 102
Did you change your clock? Are you grumpy about it? 112
Free Transit 113
The Regents Will Be Back Next Week in Hybrid Format 114
LA Times Editorial on UC Overenrollment 119
LAO Report on Student Housing 122
Another Belmont in Westwood 123
More on Overenrollment & Munger Hall/Hell 124
Strike News 126
Game Off 127
No Parking 128
Game Off - Part 2 129
Could Jerry Brown's Pension Limitations Be Undone? 130
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The clock keeps ticking on the Harvard affirmative action case 132
Game Off - Part 3 133
What Happens at UC if the Medicare Advantage Subsidy is 135
Ended?
New Canvas Courseware System is Cut from a Different Cloth 139
The Overenrollment Story Continues 142
The Employment Status of Student-Athletes Continues to Be 144
Tested
Crowds Without Controls Are Not Wise 146
The Pauley Crowd Event Unmasked 148
Strike News: Lecturer Work Stoppage Scheduled for This Week 150
UC-Santa Barbara Giant Dorm Proposal Makes the New Yorker 151
CalPERS Rate of Return Assumption Drops: What About 153
UCRP?
Strike News: No Strike 154
Watch the Regents Meeting of Nov. 16, 2021 155
State Budget Outlook 156
Watch the Regents Afternoon Meeting of Nov. 17, 2021 (and 158
note the ...
Watch the Morning Meetings of the Regents: Nov. 17, 2021 161
Same Old; Same Old 164
UC to Require Boosters 165
Watch the Regents Session of Nov. 18, 2021 166
A UCLA Architect's View of the UC-Santa Barbara Munger 168
Building Plan
Santa Monica College Again #1 in Transfers to UC 171
Another Possible Strike 172
More on UC Overenrollment 173
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Then and Now 175
Stong 176
Ogbonnia 180
We can give thanks for that 183
Broxton 184
An Aspect of the Columbia Grad Student Strike 185
Aftermath of the UC Lecturer's Almost Strike 187
Viral Recriminations at Berkeley 189
And still more want to get in 192
LA Times Editorial Criticizes Regents - Without Naming Them - 193
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Winter Quarter: No LA County Lockdown 194
More on the UC-SB Munger Monster Dorm 195
December Coronavirus Rules 199
Looking for Omicron at UC-SD 201
UCLA Health on Omicron 203
Let's take it as a good sign 206
The Regents Will Be Diving Deep on Dec. 15th 207
Not Always 209
Innovating, but no diving, at the Regents on Dec. 16 210
Conceptually, Incompletely-Negotiated Monster Dorm 212
More VoIP Concerns 214
SMC to UC 216
Forecast: Somewhat Slower California Recovery Due to 217
Omicron
New "Metro Micro" Rideshare Service Coming to UCLA- 219
Westwood Dec. 12
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The Endless Harvard Admissions Case 220
News: Looks like recognition strike issue is resolved 222
Westwood Crime Concerns 225
Repetition 226
Ambiguous 227
The Latest Scam: Don't Click! 228
The LAO on Student Mental Health 229
UCLA’s Undocumented Alumni Association 230
Uh Oh Omicron! Are We Going Back to the Future? 232
The Search 233
The Future (of Transportation near UCLA) Lies Ahead 235
Uh Oh Omicron! Are We Going Back to the Future? - Part 2 238
Watch the Regents' Health Services Committee Meeting of Dec. 240
15, 2021
Uh Oh Omicron! Are We Going Back to the Future? - Part 3 241
Stuff Happens (and is happening) 243
20,000 Isn't Enough. How About 30,000? 244
Watch the Dec. 16, 2021 Meeting of the Regents' Special 245
Committee o...
Still stuck after all 247
Leaving Money on the Table? 248
Does UCLA Have a Plan B for January 3? 249
Stuff Happens (and is happening) - Part 2 250
Does UCLA Have a Plan B for January 3? - Part 2 (Decision 251
Time Is F...
While We Wait, Here's the Special Problem for UCLA 254
Contradictory Report on UC Policy for January 255
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Of the 8 Jan. 3 Starting Date Campuses, 4 Have Gone Online: 256
Radio S...
Location of the ball is now on the UCLA campus 258
Location of the ball is now on the UCLA campus - Part 2 260
(Decision!!)
Well, thinking about the Monster Dorm will get your mind off 264
Omicro...
Shoes 266
Nash 267
No presents from the state's labor market 268
Tongue 269
Donation 270
Is 18 a Magic Number? 273
Is 18 a Magic Number? - Part 2 274
Cancel Culture 276
Is 18 a Magic Number? - Part 3 277
Not Immune to Termination 279
Is 18 a Magic Number? - Part 4 281
Repetition - Part 2 282
Well, maybe not the happiest year ending, but it did go down a 283
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A World War II Vet Describes New Years Eve in Kansas City, 284
Back in ...
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