A.S. general elections take place April 5 to April 7

Students will be able to vote in the A.S. general elections on April 5, April 6 and April 7, as well as in runoff elections on April 8 and April 9. The elections will decide all positions on the A.S. Council as well as on individual college councils. Twenty-four-hour voting on StudentLink for the general elections begins April 5 at 8 a.m. and ends at April 7 at 4 p.m. Campaigning will begin again 2 hours after the results of the general elections have been announced, with runoff voting (also on StudentLink) ending on April 9 at 4 p.m.

Laptop computers will be set up for voting on Library Walk each day of voting between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Vote at http://studentlink.ucsd.edu.

Princeton Review rates UCSD a ‘best value’

UCSD has been selected as one of 77 universities for inclusion in the first edition of “America’s Best Value Colleges.” The book profiles schools chosen for academics, low-to-moderate tuition and fees, and size of financial aid packages. The schools were also chosen by compiling data obtained from administrators and surveys completed by students at over 500 colleges.

In a separate ranking by U.S. News and World Report, UCSD was ranked high but nevertheless slipped from last year’s rankings for its medical and engineering graduate schools. UCSD School of Medicine fell one slot to 17th place, while UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering fell two slots to 13th place. The schools’ ranking had been climbing steadily for the past years, from 43rd in 1995.

The results will be published in the April 5 edition of U.S. News and World Report and are available online at www.usnews.com.

UCSD world historian passes away at age 91

Leften Stavros Stavrianos, a world historian and long-time adjunct professor in the history department, died of respiratory failure at Scripps Memorial Hospital on March 21. He was 91.

Stavrianos is renowned as one of the founders of the field of world history and an expert on the modern history of Greece and the Balkans.

He was born in Vancouver, Canada, and received degrees in history from the University of British Columbia and from Clark University. He went on to teach at Queens University, Smith College and Northwestern University. He spent 27 years at Northwestern, during which he taught George McGovern, becoming a life-long friend and supporter of the South Dakota democrat.

Stavrianos joined UCSD after his retirement from Northwestern, where he remained active until 1992. During his stay, he worked on developing the curriculum for Eleanor Roosevelt College.

Staff appreciation week to run from April 20 to April 23

Staff Appreciation Week events will be held around campus beginning April 20 and ending April 23. Acting Chancellor Marsha A. Chandler is encouraging students and faculty alike to pay tribute to UCSD’s staff, giving all employees one hour of administrative leave with pay to apply toward the events.

On April 20, a Club Med Staff Appreciation barbecue will be held on the North Lawn of UCSD School of Medicine from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On April 21, UCSD Catering and University Centers will present the 8th Annual Staff Appreciation luncheon, called “The House of BL-UCSD,” at Price Center’s Ballrooms A and B from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is required for this event. On April 23, the Faculty Club will present a staff appreciation breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Also on April 23, Café Ventanas will present “A South American Barbecue” at the cafe’s North Patio from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Local columnist donates work to Mandeville collection

San Diego columnist, author and editor Neil Morgan has donated his collection of writings to the Mandeville Special Collections Library. His collection of manuscripts, notes, newspaper columns and letters span 54 years, in which he was a columnist and editor for the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Evening Tribune and the San Diego Daily Journal. He is known for his commentary on issues affecting San Diego and Southern California.

Morgan has recently announced that his career with Copley Newspapers, who publishes the Union-Tribune, has come to an end. UCSD started collecting Morgan’s writings several years ago and already has several book manuscripts and bundles of notes in its collections.