[quote=spdrun]
How the FUCK does CA get off appointing someone like Nappy Jane as head of U of C? If the UC system is being regularly headed up by political whores, then no wonder it’s gone down the drain in the last 20 years.[/quote]
I’m not terribly excited about this choice either, but the claim that the system has gone down the drain in the last 20 years is just ridiculous. The UC has the top 2 public universities in the country, 5 of the top 10 public universities, and another campus is number 12. There are no other public university systems that come close to the quality of the UC. Compare UC with the state university system, and SDSU is the highest ranked at 70. (There are 2 or 3 more UC’s on the list before SDSU appears.) You can justly ask whether the Univ of California will maintain it’s high stature with her at the top. Fair question. But to argue that her selection is part of a downward trend is absurd.
