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"Democracy and Civil Society in South Africa: From Revolution to Multi-Ethnic Nation Building" is the title of a talk by Ari Sitas, professor of sociology and dean of social sciences at the University of Natal at Durban (South Africa), on Tuesday, November 18, at 12:30 p.m. in the Stevenson Fireside Lounge. He will be available…

UCSC employees have until Friday, November 21, to make changes to their benefits packages during this year’s Open Enrollment. Any changes employees would like to make to their health, vision, dental, DepCare, and TIP plans can only be made once a year, during the Open Enrollment period that started November 1 this year. Changes take…

The campus will hum with construction activity later this school year, as a number of major projects get under way in the upcoming spring and summer. Nine projects, including a new fitness center, apartments for students, improvements to the arts facilities, and a graduate commons and expanded bookstore, are under way or are scheduled to…

For Sale: ’93 Nissan Sentra, 5 sp., AC, Cruise, AM/FM Cassette, power steering. 108K miles. Original owner. $5,000 or best offer. Bridget or Christine, 425-3549 For sale: Volvo sedan, 1982. Excellent condition, one owner, $4,000. June Gordon. 425-2060.

Susan is a 35 year old manager who leads a new product development team in a large manufacturing company. She is very confident of her leadership abilities, in part because of her life experiences (she was college class president and captain of the women’s volleyball team) and because she seems to be valued and respected…

Jennifer Gonzalez: Assistant Professor of Art History Jennifer Gonzalez taught previously at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her focus is contemporary installation art, visual culture, semiotics, museums, and material culture studies. A former Whitney Museum of Art fellow, she has received numerous grants, including two from the Ford Foundation. She is the author of…

The lead story in the New York Times science section on November 11 featured several prominent biologists, including our own Burney Le Boeuf, discussing the extraordinarily deep dives of elephant seals, whales, and other marine mammals. A medical researcher "probably won’t believe" the extent to which a seal’s lungs collapse during its mile-deep forays underwater,…

Students practice with the University Orchestra in this 1994 photo. (Photo: Mickey Pfleger) Growth in the Music Department has not been limited to facilities. Along with the new Music Center, the department has been working on expanding its nationally recognized music program. This fall two related initiatives have been launched that will strengthen the department’s…

Sorority members will deliver 35 empty barrels to UCSC on November 12, heralding the start of this year’s Second Harvest Food Bank food drive. "We look forward to a most successful season, as the need continues to grow every year to put food in our neighborhoods’ food pantries," said Carol Lacey of the Chancellor’s Office.…

The University Library’s online reference site, Cruzcat, received a major nod from the New York Times in a story about using online libraries as research tools. The author mentioned problems with the older systems at UC Berkeley and UCLA and then noted, "A more modern example of a university Web library system can be found…

For the first time in campus history, UCSC is offering an undergraduate degree in business management economics. Responding to strong demand from current and prospective students, economics faculty proposed the new bachelor of arts degree program last fall. It was quickly approved by campus administrators. Students will be able to declare the new major officially…

![Melanie DuPuis][2] Melanie DuPuis: Assistant Professor of Sociology Sociologists of development tend to specialize in foreign countries, but Melanie DuPuis focuses on economic development in the United States. Assistant professor of sociology DuPuis’s work on the industrialization of the dairy industry integrates agricultural, industrial, environmental, and consumption studies. Her recent edited volume (with coeditor Peter…