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...Moussaoui had been in jail nearly a month when the attack occurred, meaning he couldn't have been directly responsible for it. Moussaoui was also a lousy student who flunked out of several flight schools. And, most importantly, the statements by Sheikh Mohammed and Binalshibh confirmed what anyone watching his trial already knew: Moussaoui was too big a loud-mouth and hot-head to let anywhere near a plot like 9/11. In the end, Moussaoui's conviction relied almost entirely on his own guilty plea and inconsistent admissions to having wanted to carry out terror attacks...
...Berkeley, will see recruitment of faculty drop from the normal 100 positions a year to 10. At 28,000-student UC San Diego, ranked along with Berkeley and UCLA among the world's top 20 research universities, recruitment has been halted. More than 300 UC scientists have issued a white paper warning Schwarzenegger that the sharp reduction endangers the 10-campus system's position as the premier public university in the United States and could have a negative impact on California's future economic growth. According to UC officials, the cut in state funding brings the "amount of state investment...
...retrenchment at individual campuses will mean fewer student jobs, fewer teaching assistants, a virtual elimination of lecturers (who often teach up to 30% of undergraduate classes in some departments) and the risk that top faculty will flee for more lucrative - and stable - ivory towers...
...UCLA, the campus is projecting 165 fewer courses for the fall quarter, a 10% drop compared with fall 2008, Chancellor Gene Block said. There will be larger classes, which are expected to exceed an average of 60 students each. "We've already seen a 20% increase in the average class size over the last three years, due to increases in student enrollment not covered by state support," Block explained. At UC San Diego, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said, "our student-faculty ratio is so high that students may not be able to graduate on time." (Read about the struggle...
Ryan Travia, director of OAODS, said that he could not share information on how much money is being saved through the hours reductions. But he said student traffic is certainly "considerably lower" during the summer months than during the academic year, and that he did not expect the week-long furlough for the office to cause any disruptions for students or internal operations. He said that during the slow summer months, his office typically reviews research and data collected over the course of the year, writes reports, reviews policy and procedures, and prepares for the incoming freshmen...