Fire victims identified, offered housing options
There are 23 known UCSD affiliates that have been displaced by the wildfires, according to assistant vice chancellor of human services Roger Davis. These include four students, seven faculty members and 11 staff members.
Thirty-three staff members offered space in their homes through specially-established hotline, but none of the displaced individuals have requested temporary housing, having found alternative housing options.
Preuss School holds fundraiser for buses
The Preuss School will hold a fundraiser titled “”Classic Cars for Classic Kids”” on Nov. 7 to raise funds for the school’s jeopardized school bus program.
Recent budget cuts have left the school unable to lease buses for over 700 K-12 students depending on the transportation to reach the school’s campus each day.
The benefit will sell $150 tickets, for which participants will have the opportunity to view a private collection of classic automobiles at the Evans Garage.
The Preuss School is a public middle school and high school providing college-preparatory education to low-income students who will become the first in their families to earn a college diploma.
While donors such as the Jack In the Box Foundation have donated several buses, the school aims to fund more needed buses by raising additional funds. This is the Preuss School’s first benefit.
The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Evans Garage.
Tickets are available at http://preuss.ucsd.edu or by calling (858) 658-7285.
Immigrants’ rights to be focus of talk
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, will give a talk on “”Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms: Why Sacrificing Immigrants’ Rights in the War on Terrorism Undermines Both Our Security and Our Liberty”” on Nov. 10.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Cole lives in Washington D.C. and is a legal affairs correspondant for The Nation. He is the author of “”Terrorism and the Constitution,”” “”No Equal Justice”” and most recently “”Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism.””
He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s “”All Things Considered”” and a contributor to op-ed pages in newspapers nationwide.
Cole’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Earl Warren College and by the California Western School of Law. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Price Center Theater.
For more information, visit http://warren.ucsd.edu/law or call (858) 534-1704.
Thornton holds walk to raise funds
Thornton Hospital will be hosting the first annual UCSD Pulmonary Hypertension 1-Mile-Walk-A-Thon to raise awareness for the fight against the affliction on Nov. 8. According to the hospital, there were less than 200 diagnosed cases of pulmonary hypertension in the United States 12 years ago, while the number of cases now range in the tens of thousands worldwide.
Proceeds from the walk will used to research pulmonary hypertension at UCSD and will aid the Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s efforts in providing support, expanding research and disseminating the latest information about pulmonary hypertension.
Registration will start at 10 a.m. with a luncheon at Thornton Hospital at which information about the condition will be given. For more information, call (858) 657-6801 or e-mail [email protected].
Campus donation drive for fire continues
Donations for fire victims will be collected at all on-campus dining facilities through Nov. 7. Items needed include new or near-new clothing, non-perishable food, tools and personal toiletries.
