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(l to r) Mickey Hart and Fredric Lieberman Low class attendance may be a concern at this time of year as the weather warms and final assignments loom large. But music professor Fredric Lieberman had no such problem when he convened class on June 5. His class of approximately 200 swelled to nearly double that…

A CalSTAR (California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue) ambulance helicopter is scheduled to land at UCSC’s lower East Field on Thursday, June 25. The helicopter is part of a training exercise for the campus’s Fire and Police Departments and local emergency personnel. The training session will start at 1:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour. It is…

John B. Simpson will assume duties as UCSC’s executive vice chancellor in July The next Executive Vice Chancellor for UC Santa Cruz brings extensive successful experience in academic administration, a distinguished background in psychology–and a lifelong affiliation with the University of California. Dr. John B. Simpson will assume the position as of July 1. Currently…

S. Ravi Rajan of environmental studies was among three featured experts on a live radio program broadcast by KPFA-FM on the subject of nuclear proliferation and the South Asian tests. Cowell alum Paul Rabwin (1970) was featured in a Santa Cruz County Sentinel story on the topic of his work as one of six producers…

Farm apprentices welcome customers at the market cart, now open Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 6 p.m. at the base of campus The popular market cart at UC Santa Cruz opens on Tuesday, June 16, bringing the fresh organic bounty of the UCSC Farm & Garden to cooks and flower lovers twice a week…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The film and video program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named an independent department, the second program in the Division of the Arts to receive this status in recent months. Film and video was previously affiliated with the Theater Arts Department. The program’s first step toward independence came last…

SAN DIEGO, CA–Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a theoretical model that may explain recent observations of tremendously powerful gamma ray bursts, the most luminous phenomena in the universe. Andrew MacFadyen, a graduate student researcher, and Stan Woosley, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics, based their model on a scenario in…

SANTA CRUZ, CA-The mysteries and splendors of the sea will be on display at the Long Marine Laboratory’s "Open Labs Day" on Saturday, June 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. Marine enthusiasts of all ages are invited for behind-the-scenes tours of the working research labs and a chance to meet some of the researchers and…

Faculty and staff will pay more for parking permits in the 1998-99 year, according to Transportation and Parking Services. "A," "B," and "C" permits will rise from $29 to $32 a month–an increase of $36 per year–effective July 1. Motorcycle, remote, and "scratch-off" permits will also increase, with the exception of the first packet of…

Someday these may go for 100 times as much, but right now the work of UCSC student printmakers can be had for a mere song. Hundreds of original etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and linocuts by current and former students will be on display and for sale, with prices ranging between $10 and $50. This year’s sale…

Chancellor Greenwood presents a Chancellor’s Award Dean of arts Edward Houghton presents an award to one of the Dean’s Award winners in the Division of Arts. Chancellor Greenwood joined the deans of UCSC’s academic divisions last month to honor 42 undergraduates for academically outstanding achievement. The undergraduates were recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Achievement Awards,…

In celebration of Gay Pride Month, there will be an end-of-the-year BBQ for queer and queer-friendly staff, students, and faculty on Tuesday, June 9, at the Women’s Center from 3 to 7 p.m. There’ll be great grillables, games, beverages, and more. (The gods and goddesses promise no rain.) For more information, call (408) 459-4385. The…