The last straw was likely the bubbling up of controversy over the last minute announcement that students would be dropped from their classes unless they paid 20% of their tuition a week before class started. It'd be one thing if this was announced an entire year in advance but this one was done one month in advance. Really showed some incredible negligence.

okaydo;842714937 said:

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Fun fact: 3 of the last 5 presidential elections have featured an Occidental College alum on a major ticket.

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Eagle Rock is a dump.

packawana;842714938 said:

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The last straw was likely the bubbling up of controversy over the last minute announcement that students would be dropped from their classes unless they paid 20% of their tuition a week before class started. It'd be one thing if this was announced an entire year in advance but this one was done one month in advance. Really showed some incredible negligence.

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Shows my age, way back when, all fees were due at the start of the quarter (it was also cheaper back then)
At some schools like LSU they don't even know what the tuition will be for the full year.

socaliganbear;842714919 said:

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I really liked him to start, but I gotta say, I'm not that upset to see him go. As time went on, he seemed like a clumsy manager.

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I think that's right...clumsy. We need to get lucky. A guy who went to Cal would be a nice change. Trying to please everyone only pisses everyone off.

TouchedTheAxeIn82;842714936 said:

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As much as the Right wants to paint Obama as a pinko commie non-American muslim, he's just a typical politician in many ways.

Obama matriculated at Occidental College, then got degrees from Columbia and Harvard, and later was a lecturer at U. Chicago. All private institutions. I doubt we'll ever see him at a pubic institution, especially on the west coast.

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I hope Hill makes him one of the Supremes. The hillbilly population will go to ground.

Obama wants a break after running the country for 8 years not a tougher job.

UCBerkGrad;842714923 said:

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Obama will need a job soon

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Are they still around?

bearister;842714943 said:

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I hope Hill makes him one of the Supremes. The hillbilly population will go to ground.

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barabbas;842714942 said:

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I think that's right...clumsy. We need to get lucky. A guy who went to Cal would be a nice change. Trying to please everyone only pisses everyone off.

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We do need to get lucky.....we could definitely do better but also do worse. I agree we need someone who bleeds blue and gold as opposed to a complete outsider.

And yes, someone who will curtail the out-of-control power of Cal's faculty. We need checks and balances for a healthy and functional university, and I doubt our faculty quality will drop off that much if that finally gets enforced (assuming it really can be "enforced").

Hopefully, as long as we have the enormous football stadium debt hanging I think we'll hire a chancellor who is at least sports neutral. We can't be that dumb can we?

Jeff82;842714935 said:

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Every time there's a new chancellor, there's always a chance it could be someone like Berdahl or Heyman that agrees with the "let's dump athletics and be the University of Chicago" faction. Dirks seemed to get that that was not a viable approach anymore, given the need for alumni donations to make up the money cut by Sacramento.

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Comments:

Dirks gave no reason in his resignation letter, but it is widely assumed that Napalitano put the screws to him as soon as the Katehi mess at Davis was resolved.

Dirks was not an effective chancellor (and I write this as someone who has considered him and his wife personal friends). He was overwhelmingly decide-phobic, and just couldn't pull the trigger on many decisions that needed to be made.

Best guess is that Mike Williams will resign as well, since it is unlikely that a new chancellor will want him in place (he never should have been hired in the first place).

btw, I doubt Dirks stays the whole academic year. The hope is to have a new chancellor in place by the spring semester.

Not sure I want anyone from Texas. Berdahl was the last one...

Strykur;842714896 said:

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We need a hardass who is not going to take **** from the faculty and tell them to stay in line.

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I have a feeling it will be exactly the opposite...

What time did this happen

82gradDLSdad;842714947 said:

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Obama wants a break after running the country for 8 years not a tougher job.

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His presidential bid started Feb. 10, 2007. He leaves office Jan. 20, 2017. So it's been a full decade of this.

But seriously: I wonder if he'll ever speak at UC Berkeley.

Bill Clinton has been here a bunch of times since leaving office. Of course, he used to live a few blocks from campus, he used to hang on Telegraph and have picnics at Willard Park. So he was familiar with the area.

UrsaMajor;842714951 said:

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Comments:

Dirks gave no reason in his resignation letter, but it is widely assumed that Napalitano put the screws to him as soon as the Katehi mess at Davis was resolved.

Dirks was not an effective chancellor (and I write this as someone who has considered him and his wife personal friends). He was overwhelmingly decide-phobic, and just couldn't pull the trigger on many decisions that needed to be made.

Best guess is that Mike Williams will resign as well, since it is unlikely that a new chancellor will want him in place (he never should have been hired in the first place).

btw, I doubt Dirks stays the whole academic year. The hope is to have a new chancellor in place by the spring semester.

Not sure I want anyone from Texas. Berdahl was the last one...

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Don't chancellor transitions usually take place in June? Having someone in place by January would mean a rushed process, which wouldn't be good.

bearister;842714934 said:

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Hue Jackson should easily be available by then.

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Hey, Mike.

UrsaMajor;842714951 said:

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Comments:

Dirks gave no reason in his resignation letter, but it is widely assumed that Napalitano put the screws to him as soon as the Katehi mess at Davis was resolved.

Dirks was not an effective chancellor (and I write this as someone who has considered him and his wife personal friends). He was overwhelmingly decide-phobic, and just couldn't pull the trigger on many decisions that needed to be made.

Best guess is that Mike Williams will resign as well, since it is unlikely that a new chancellor will want him in place (he never should have been hired in the first place).

btw, I doubt Dirks stays the whole academic year. The hope is to have a new chancellor in place by the spring semester.

Not sure I want anyone from Texas. Berdahl was the last one...

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I thought Berdahl was much better than Dirks.
I'm not sure Williams resigns and I actually like Williams. I rate him ahead of Sandy and Kassar and behind Maggard and Gladstone.

okaydo;842714955 said:

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Bill Clinton has been here a bunch of times since leaving office. Of course, he used to live a few blocks from campus, he used to hang on Telegraph and have picnics at Willard Park. So he was familiar with the area.

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So who else is on our wish list? Pope Francis? Queen Elizabeth? Oprah Winfrey? Bono? Michael Jordan? Jon Stewart? Jay-Z?

NYCGOBEARS;842714939 said:

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Eagle Rock is a dump.

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Nah, it's one of the few great neighborhoods of LA.

Remember this name.
[SIZE=5]Elliot Hershman.[/SIZE]

He has turned SDSU around academically and athletically. And with a bunch of challenges.

concernedparent;842714964 said:

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Nah, it's one of the few great neighborhoods of LA.

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Cute? Yes. Great? No. Although, The Bucket rocks.

* edit The Bucket has closed. Eagle Rock sucks. I prefer Atwater Village. Good enough for the Beastie Boys, good enough for me.

Lou Campanelli.

Why? What has Mike done effectively? Gladstone, btw, was a disaster. Yes, he hired Tedford, but he left an administrative and financial mess. Right now, the administrative costs of the AD are double what they were several years ago, and to what end?

As for Berdahl, he was a disaster as a fundraiser, which sadly is the most important job of a chancellor. Like Dirks, he didn't get along with the faculty either.

Michelle Obama.

Dirks can raise money and that's what he did. Cal will be losing out.

calfanz;842714966 said:

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Remember this name.
[SIZE=5]Elliot Hershman.[/SIZE]

He has turned SDSU around academically and athletically. And with a bunch of challenges.

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Yale/UCLA grad, worked in athletics, fundraiser... Not a bad idea.

NYCGOBEARS;842714967 said:

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Cute? Yes. Great? No. Although, The Bucket rocks.

* edit The Bucket has closed. Eagle Rock sucks. I prefer Atwater Village. Good enough for the Beastie Boys, good enough for me.

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When was the last time you were back? Everything that was cool is pretty **** now. Silver Lake, Arts District, Venice, etc.. all have the same businesses and crowds.

concernedparent;842714975 said:

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When was the last time you were back? Everything that was cool is pretty **** now. Silver Lake, Arts District, Venice, etc.. all have the same businesses and crowds.

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It's been two years since I've visited. I know things have changed dramatically. We had friends from Silver Lake staying with us last weekend and got the scoop. While our old section of Silver Lake (adjacent to the reservoir), is ever more expensive and there's sadly no water currently in the reservoir, the hipster areas like Sunset Junction are impossibly annoying. But it was pretty much like that when we left there eight years ago.

oskidunker;842714968 said:

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Lou Campanelli.

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I will raise you one Bob Bockrath.

What about Fresno State's Joseph Castro? Went to and worked at Cal as an adminstrator, good community ties, and public policy experience, which I would love to see out of a new Chancellor. We need someone who knows the area and community and can politic effectively, particularly for funding.

82gradDLSdad;842714947 said:

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Obama wants a break after running the country for 8 years not a tougher job.

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First Kenyan Muslim to become chancellor!

The great Robert Reich. He should at least make the short list.

grandmastapoop;842714956 said:

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Hey, Mike.

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Hue can call a press conference after every sports loss and negative story about the university and assume sole personal responsibility for it.

TouchedTheAxeIn82;842714985 said:

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The great Robert Reich. He should at least make the short list.

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I see what you did there.

510Bear;842714961 said:

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So who else is on our wish list? Pope Francis? Queen Elizabeth? Oprah Winfrey? Bono? Michael Jordan? Jon Stewart? Jay-Z?

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Paul Manafort or Joe Pesci.

So... New chancellor new AD new = New coach?

sandy or buh