Patt Morrison for Tuesday, 11/17/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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LIVE BROADCAST FROM THE UC REGENTS MEETING @ UCLA

 

1:06 – 1:39

Saving the UC system: How to get Regents, students & faculty on the same page

Everyone involved with the University of California system will agree on one basic fact: Nearly $1 billion in budget cuts have devastated the system and seriously jeopardized UC’s standing as the premiere public higher education system in the world.  That’s where the agreement seems to end, as students and faculty believes the Regents and UC execs have poorly managed funds and are raising fees to keep the system’s profit margins high.  With a 32% student fee hike on the table, is it possible for all sides in the UC system to agree on the best course of action?

 

Guests:

Peter Taylor, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the University of California system

IN STUDIO

 

Robert Meister, President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations & professor of social sciences & political thought at UC Santa Cruz

IN STUDIO

 

Annie McClanahan, grad student & instructor at UC Berkeley; member of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee; member, Berkeley Solidarity Alliance (labor organizing group)

IN STUDIO

• Annie works and is a student in UC Berkeley’s English Department, completing her dissertation on contemporary American fiction.  Her most recent teaching job was in the reading & comprehension program, which is essentially freshman comp—however, because of cuts to classes most of her students have been sophomores, juniors and seniors who were unable to add the required class as freshmen.

 

Darek DeFreece, Regent-Designate of the University of California; managing counsel for Wells Fargo Bank

IN STUDIO

• DeFreece, a graduate of UC Berkeley undergrad (and Boston College Law School), is the immediate past-president of the California Alumni Association, representing 430,000 alumni of UC Berkeley.

 

 

1:30 – 2pm

Bonnie Reiss, Regent of the University of California; partner in the Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank

IN STUDIO

 

 

1:41 – 1:58:30

Is higher education in California losing its golden gleam?

It’s been a tough few years for most of California’s public institutions, but the higher education system of UC, Cal State and community colleges have been particularly hard hit.  A new report from the Legislative Analyst Office says that soaring fees, volatile college budgets and enrollment caps are so far removed from California’s “Master Plan for Higher Education” that the state’s constitutional education goals have become irrelevant, or at least impossible to meet.  How did our public schools, the prides of California, fall so far?

 

Guest:

Steve Boilard, Director, Higher Education in the California Legislative Analyst's Office

ON SITE

 

2:06 – 2:19

Hard choices, lots of enemies & few friends: Life of the UC President

He’s started an effort to raise $1 billion for financial aid and he’s attracted high profile and highly lucrative researchers and foundations into the University of California fold; and he’s also cut $800+ million from the UC budget, furloughed and laid off countless workers and turned away thousands of previously eligible students.  UC President Mark Yudof has the unenviable job of keeping the UC system afloat and making lots of tough decisions in the process.  What’s his master plan for the future of UC?

 

Guests:

Mark Yudof, President of the University of California

IN STUDIO

 

Russell Gould, Chair of the University of California Board of Regents

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:41 – 2:58:30

To Mammogram or not to mammogram? That becomes the question
A federal task force responsible for setting national prevention policy is recommending that women in their 40's stop getting routine mammograms and women in their 50's cut back to every other year. The announcement marks a radical departure from traditional cancer screening methods used by most medical professionals.  The task force concluded that the harms outweigh the benefits and suggest that only women in high risk groups get mammograms routinely. The recommendation has ignited a debate in women's health care over what the appropriate course of action should be in screening for a disease that kills more than 40,000 women each year.

 

Guests:

Dr. Carolyn Bruzdzinski, staff member American Cancer Society

CALL HER @510.725.5655

 

PRO NEW GUIDELINES:

Rep. of National Breast Cancer Coalition

Contact:  Ira  202-360-8860-mobile, 202-973-0594-O

 

AGAINST NEW GUIDELINES:

Dr. Nanette DeBruhl, professor of radiology at the Iris Cantor Center for Breast Imaging in UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.

ON SITE

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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