More or less in line with yours. Katehi has been demonised, perhaps slightly unfairly. Nevertheless, she is responsible and should do the appropriate thing. Resignation is one of the options. I can think of others - making a stand to the state Governor and University President for a change in the UC system fee structure could also help. Making a change in that area would be the single most effective thing she could do, given her position.
best Simon On 22 Nov 2011, at 15:26, Paul Hertz wrote: > I take it by "not always reported accurately" you are referring to Katehi > being portrayed as the villain? From what I've read, and balancing out the > angry response, I'd say that her role has been at least ambiguous when it > should have been clear cut. As the person ultimately responsible for campus > life at UC Davis, the call for her resignation strikes me as entirely > appropriate. > > I'm sure that every situation like this has many inaccuracies, but perhaps > you could explain your thoughts a little more. > > -- Paul > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Simon Biggs <[email protected]> wrote: > The story below indicates things move fast, are not always reported > accurately and that people sometimes find themselves in impossible positions. > Nevertheless, they should take responsibility. Perhaps something good will > come out of this horrible mess, if the UC system ends up changing its > regulations on campus policing? > > > UC Davis students put up new encampment > By JUDY LIN, Associated Press – 4 hours ago > DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Students have again put up tents near the site where > University of California, Davis police used pepper spray on seated protesters > in a conflict that has sparked outrage and calls for the school chancellor's > resignation. > The encampment was again erected Monday, hours after the campus police chief > was put on administrative leave and the chancellor was shouted down at a > demonstration while trying to apologize for the incident that happened at a > protest held Friday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Two > officers also were placed on administrative leave after the students were > sprayed. > University spokeswoman Claudia Morain said the school was monitoring the > protest and did not say whether the students would be allowed to camp > overnight. She said the school will take action "step by step" to balance > campus security with people's right to protest. > Chancellor Linda Katehi made a brief appearance, facing students, faculty and > community members chanting slogans and pressing for her to step down. > "I'm here to apologize. I feel horrible for what happened Friday," Katehi > told the crowd. "If you think you don't want to be students of the university > we had on Friday, I'm just telling you, I don't want to be the chancellor of > the university we had on Friday." > She asked the assembly to work with her as she strives to earn the trust of > the campus. Then, as the demonstrators yelled at her to step down, staff > members escorted Katehi away to a car. > University officials and campus police have been the target of angry > reprisals since widely circulated videos showed riot police dousing pepper > spray on a row of students while they were sitting passively on the ground > with their arms linked. > Meanwhile, demonstrators at the University of California, Berkeley, pledged > to sleep overnight at Sproul Plaza, though they did not plan to set up tents. > A heat lamp was set up in the plaza, and student protesters called the > demonstration a "pajama party" rather than an encampment. > University of California President Mark G. Yudof called the chancellors of > all 10 campuses and reminded them of the right to protest peacefully. > "We cannot let this happen again," he said, according to a statement from the > president's office. > On Sunday, Katehi called on the Yolo County district attorney's office to > investigate the police department's use of force. > With no uniformed officers in attendance, students who were pepper-sprayed > opened Monday's protest, saying they now feel unsafe on campus. > Mechanical engineering student David Buscho, 22, of San Rafael, described > being paralyzed with fear as he felt the spray sting "like hot glass." > "I had my arms around my girlfriend. I just kissed her on the forehead and > then he sprayed us," he said. "Immediately we were blinded. ... He just > sprayed us again and again and we were completely powerless to do anything." > Nine students hit by pepper spray were treated at the scene, two were taken > to hospitals and later released, university officials said. Ten people were > arrested. > Meanwhile, UC Davis police Chief Annette Spicuzza and two officers have been > placed on administrative leave. > Before the assembly broke up, the crowd voted to hold a campus-wide strike > Nov. 28 to coincide with a meeting of the University of California governing > board. > The UC Davis faculty association has called for Katehi's resignation, saying > there had been a "gross failure of leadership." > Yudof said Sunday that he was "appalled" by images of protesters being doused > with pepper spray and plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on > all 10 campuses. > Katehi, speaking Monday morning on KQED Radio, said she had not authorized > officers to use pepper spray and called it a "horrific incident." She said > she takes full responsibility but will not step down. > "They were not supposed to use force; it was never called for," she said. > "They were not supposed to limit the students from having the rally, from > congregating to express their anger and frustration." > She has said she plans to appoint a task force of students, staff and faculty > to investigate the incident and report back to her within 30 days. > > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: > simonbiggsuk > > [email protected] Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.movingtargets.co.uk/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > ----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| --- > http://ignotus.com > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs [email protected] http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk [email protected] Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.movingtargets.co.uk/
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