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Entries from September 9th, 2009

Wednesday (2)…California professors plan symbolic walkout, administrative salaries lead college costs higher, UH plans for program cuts proceed, potential retirement savings, and Lingle on Lingle

September 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Politics

University of California faculty are planning a one-day walkout on September 28 to protest the UC administration’s “program of tuition hikes, enrollment cuts, layoffs, furloughs, and increased class sizes that harms students and jeopardizes the livelihoods of the most vulnerable university employees.” Faculty across the county are smarting at a new report showing administrative salaries, [...]

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Wednesday…”France has got Surf Fever!” – 1961

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · General, John Lind Collection

In September 1961, my father received a letter from a young French surfer, Joel de Rosnay, describing the growing popularity of surfing in France. I was among the first to surf at Biarritz, in France, in 1957. It was one of my friends, Peter Viertel-(who is married to Deborah Kerr, the film star) who brought [...]

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