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UCSD Administrators Unconcerned with Federal Shutdown The impact of the current federal government shutdown on campus has been mostly limited to research grants. BY Andrew Ha
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campus, which is expected to offer nearly 20,000 undergraduate beds within the next three years. “This fire station is long overdue and I am appreciative of UC San Diego for their patience and commitment throughout the process,” City Councilwoman Barbara Bry, who represents La Jolla, University City and nearby
he partial U.S. government shutdown could have a direct effect on some of UC San Diego’s federally funded contracts and grants. Most researchers will be able to continue working, but some may be sent stop work orders by their respective sponsoring federal agency. Research funded by the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security could be impacted. “Many UCSD researchers receive funding from these agencies. The partial shutdown will not impact those whose grants have already begun — only anticipated new research projects or supplemental funding will be stopped during this time,” Assistant Vice Chancellor of Contracts and Grants Linda Collins said to the UCSD Guardian in an email. “Submission of new applications will be stopped for agencies that do not yet have a budget.” Research funded by the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and Department of Energy is unaffected because these departments approved their 2019 yearly fiscal budgets before the shutdown. Although the other agencies have been impacted, they will not yet affect UCSD’s research. “As far as I know, there are no researcher’s projects so far that have been stalled due to lack of supplemental funding. However, if the shutdown continues as is expected, further impacts will be likely, especially those with NSF funding as that is the larger funder to UCSD that is subject to the partial shutdown,” Collins added. To get funding for future research projects where funding may be stalled, UCSD is providing examples of how the shutdown could affect the school to the Federal Government Relations Representative and the leadership at the UC Office of the President. Both groups will work to influence congressional representatives to address the potential lack of funding. The Housing Dining and Hospitality department has not been
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See SHUTDOWN, page 3
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from other courses … they will focus on problems and projects that are addressing problems,” Moore said. “Some of them will involve community and group projects.” Moore noted that the impact of the capstone and alternative class requirements on course loads will vary depending on major, and while some students will fit them in nicely, for others, “it will require some quarters where you take more than 16 units, but that’s no different from the other colleges.” In order to admit students by 2020, the college curriculum will need to be established by the time students apply in the fall of this year. Moore also highlighted the long-term plans and rearrangements that will be made to accommodate housing with the addition of the new college. “From the Rita [Atkinson Residences] by the medical school, [graduate] students are going to move out in 2020 because there’s going to be new graduate facilities in Mesa,” Moore said. “Once those apartments become vacant, then some of the transfer students will move to those apartments. That will free up space in The Village, where Seventh College will start. The idea is that we will create some administrative space around The Village, and eventually The Village will become Seventh College.” Moore also explained that the housing located in Sixth College will be refurbished for junior and senior student housing after the college itself is moved to the upcoming Living and Learning Community in 2020. The goal for this new housing is to provide an experience similar to living off campus. “By having Sixth College move to the new facility and by revamping the Sixth College and Rita apartments into upper-division housing, we will have a gain of
See TOWN HALL, page 3
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City Committee Unanimously Approves Long-Needed Fire Station For years, UC San Diego’s campus has been categorized as an area with inadequate emergency coverage. BY Tyler Faurot
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he Academic Affairs Department held a town hall meeting on Jan. 8 at the Great Hall that outlined construction and curriculum plans for the two new colleges that will be added to UC San Diego in the coming years. Before an audience of about 15 people, Dean of Undergraduate Education John Moore presented the housing arrangements and Seventh College theme currently under consideration, as well as the refurbishment of existing campus residencies. Members of the Seventh College Workgroup, Council of Provosts, and other administrators were also present. The estimated size of the first class at Seventh will be around 700 students, mainly comprised of transfers and freshmen, with an additional 2300 or so students expected to be served each year. The curriculum is still being decided, but the current plan is to center it around the tentative theme of “A Changing Planet.” This theme’s written proposal is currently under review by academic committees that will, if approved, be sent to UC President Janet Napolitano for approval. “It’s clear that the planet is changing in many ways, not only environmentally, but politically, economically, and in many different dimensions,” Moore said. “This would be conducive to interdisciplinary work because, you can imagine work on migration, for example, as aligning with this theme.” The college will require three capstone courses for four-year students, and one for transfer students. These capstone courses are expected to be developed with a focus on encompassing many different academic fields. Capstone courses that will be offered will be in either arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, or qualitative reasoning. “The three capstone course will integrate material
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he City of San Diego’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee has unanimously approved the construction of a new fire station on the UC San Diego campus at its meeting on Jan. 8. The proposed size and location of the facility will
be an approximate 10,500 square feet building near the intersection of North Torrey Pines Road and Northpoint Driveway. The construction of the facility will be overseen as a partnership between the city of San Diego and UCSD. The fire station will respond to emergencies in the surrounding neighborhoods in the local area in addition to serving the needs of the
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