Monday, October 28, 1996
Seeds Elementary to hold carnival Nov. 3
The University Elementary School will introduce a new mini-Bruin
mascot to students and the general public on Nov. 3.
Seeds Elementary School, the lab school of the UCLA Graduate
School of Education, will host its annual Family School Alliance
Carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The carnival will be held on the school grounds at 10636 Circle
Drive. Community members are invited to attend the event, where
Cubby, the new Seeds mascot, will be revealed.
Debate on Prop. 209 takes place Tuesday
This Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Daily Bruin will sponsor "Do the
Civic Thing," a debate between local candidates at 7 p.m. in the
Ackerman Grand Ballroom.
The event will include 23rd Senate District race incumbent Tom
Hayden and challenger Scott Schreiber, 42nd Assembly District
incumbent Wally Knox and challengers Adam Ross and Eric Fine, John
Lynch running for Los Angeles County District Attorney and Paul
Stepanek of the 29th Congressional District.
The politicians will accept questions from the audience as well
as panelists from the Daily Bruin, the Bruin Republicans, the Bruin
Democrats and the Westwood/Bel-Air News.
Admission is free.
Homecoming begins Friday with carnival
UCLA’s 64th Family Homecoming takes place Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 1 and 2.
The Friday festivities begin at 7 p.m. and include a Spirit
March and parade along Westwood Boulevard, and the Bruinfest
Carnival in Westwood Plaza.
The celebration continues at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena during the UCLA-Stanford football game, where
rallies and a carnival will take place before the game, which
begins at 3:30 p.m.
Both events are free to the public. Parking on the UCLA campus
is $5 per day. The events are sponsored by the UCLA Student Alumni
Association.
Dynes inaugurated Oct. 25 as UCSD chancellor
The full traditional panoply of an academic inauguration, with
its procession of dignitaries in rainbow-hued university robes,
soaring music and scholarly remarks, took place at UCSD Friday when
Robert C. Dynes was installed as sixth chancellor of the
18,000-student campus.
Susan Golding, San Diego mayor, gave the inaugural address, and
Richard C. Atkinson, president of the University of California,
conducted the ceremony of investiture.
Dynes, 53, a renowned physicist and an expert researcher in
semiconductors and solid state circuits, became chancellor of the
UCSD campus in July, 1996. He succeeded Atkinson, who was named UC
president in October, 1995.
A professor of physics since 1991, Dynes served as senior vice
chancellor for academic affairs  UCSD’s top academic post
 before his selection as chancellor.
Dynes brings to his new position an extensive record in
scientific research. A native of London, Ontario, Can., and a
naturalized U.S. citizen, Dynes holds a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics and physics from the University of Western Ontario, and
a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics from McMaster
University.
In 1991 he joined the UCSD faculty as professor of physics and
in 1994 was named chair of the department of Physics. Dynes founded
an interdisciplinary laboratory at UCSD where chemists, electrical
engineers and private industry researchers investigate the
properties of metals, semiconductors and superconductors.The Oct.
15 article "Test prep utopia: Hyperlearning to merge with Princeton
Review," contained errors. Hyperlearning was founded six years ago.
Although there are no definitive figures available, several other
test prep companies disagree with Princeton Review’s and
Hyperlearning’s claims to control of 75 percent of the San Diego
market and 45 percent of the Los Angeles market. The Princeton
Review’s "Caduceus" software does not identify test-takers
strengths and weaknesses.
The Bruin regrets the errors.