Grace period provided for student parking
Students and visitors will be able to park in yellow “”S”” parking spaces without penalty until Sept. 25. During this period, permits will still be enforced for green “”B”” spaces and red “”A”” spaces.
For the 2002-2003 year, parking permits for undergraduates are $135 per quarter and $180 per quarter for graduate students.
Students can purchase permits either in advance via StudentLink or in person at the parking office. The parking office will have a separate line for students who pre-purchase their permits online.
The use of parking permits will be enforced on the first day of classes on Sept. 26. Parking fines have increased since last year, with fines starting at $40 rather than $21.
The parking office will be open during Welcome Week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More information can be obtained by calling Parking Services at (858) 534-4223 or visiting http://www.parking.ucsd.edu.
Fall deadline to waive USHIP approaching
Undergraduates have until Oct. 4 to petition to waive the Undergraduate Student Health Insurance Plan. Those who successfully waive the fee for the fall will not be assessed the $181 fee.
Beginning in fall 2001, the University of California required health insurance of all registered students. Those without health insurance or those with a plan that does not meet the UC requirements will be assessed the quarterly fee.
Students who miss the deadline or do not meet the minimum requirements will have another opportunity to waive the USHIP fee at the beginning of winter quarter. Successfully waiving the USHIP for the fall also exempts students for the 2002-2003 academic year.
The requirements and online waiver are available online at http://www.studentlink.ucsd.edu.
Revelle Forum kicks off inaugural speaker session
Lewis H. Lapham, editor of Harper’s Magazine, will be the inaugural speaker at the Revelle Forum on Thursday, Sept. 26 at The Neurosciences Institute. Lapham will be discussing his new book, “”Theater of War,”” which questions the goals and wisdom of the current “”war on terror.””
The event is sponsored by UCSD Extension and is in collaboration with The Neurosciences Institute. Tickets are $35 and the event will begin at 5:30 p.m. More information and directions are available at http://www.extension.ucsd.edu/revelleforum.
Stuart Art Collection benefactor dies
James Stuart DeSilva, founder and benefactor of the Stuart Collection, died unexpectedly on Sept. 12 of an apparent stroke at his Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., home.
In 1980, DeSilva partnered with UCSD and funded the Stuart Collection in 1982 with funds from a foundation that he created. The first work commissioned was Niki de Saint Phalle’s Sun God. The collection now contains 15 pieces.
After graduating from the University of Chicago, DeSilva served as a Navy pilot during World War II. After the war, he made his fortune in tuna canning.
DeSilva served on the boards of San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Museum of Art. At UCSD, he was awarded the Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Service Medal and the Revelle Medal. He also served on the UC San Diego Foundation Board, the Board of Overseers and as president of the Stuart Foundation.
DeSilva is survived by his wife, Marne; his son and daughter; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Chemist, co-discoverer of Carbon-14 dies
Martin Kamen, co-discoverer of carbon-14 and an emeritus professor of chemistry at UCSD died on Aug. 31 in Santa Barbara at age 89.
Kamen, in collaboration with the late Sam Ruben, a UC Berkeley chemist, discovered the radioisotope in 1940 while both were working at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley.
Joining UCSD in 1961, Kamen was one of six professors who founded the chemistry department at the fledgling university. In 1995, Kamen received the Enrico Fermi Award, the federal government’s oldest science and technology award.
He is survived by his son, David, of New York City, and his sister, Lillian Smith, of Chapel Hill, N.C.
