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Hey Ken, Maybe his response has something to do with the Chargers likely moving to LA in 2016?— December 23, 2014 12:07 p.m.
Mainstream U.
Hey Ken, If you are referring to "stepshep", I believe that is the screen name of Stephen Shepherd, who also commented above using a Facebook profile.— December 18, 2014 12:57 p.m.
Mainstream U.
Hey Ken, Claire is a student. UCAB consists mainly of student representatives.— December 13, 2014 2:31 p.m.
Mainstream U.
I didn't say that it was. I agree with you.— December 13, 2014 1:12 a.m.
Mainstream U.
Dear RossF, The opinion that UCAB is relatively unknown is mine; Ken Leighton simply quoted me. I would be willing to bet money that fewer than half of UCSD students have heard of UCAB, and of those, fewer than one quarter know what UCAB does. Of those, smaller and smaller fractions are aware of what UCAB will be deciding at any given meeting, those meeting times and locations, etc. Yes, all of that information is public, and UCAB meetings are public, but there is a reason why very few people saw this decision coming: hardly anyone outside of UCAB knew that Porter's Pub was in danger. I do not mean to suggest that this issue was intentionally hidden by UCAB, but I do believe that if UCAB was more prominent, somebody would have caught wind and drawn public support for Porter's Pub before UCAB made their decision. With regard to your comment about gentrification: again, I do not mean to suggest that there is an active conspiracy to gentrify UCSD. However, there seems to be a trend at UCSD toward making all of the campus spaces more efficient and more profitable. I think that's a great goal, but it does come with the risk of losing the esoteric character that institutions like Porter's Pub offer. It's an inherent trade-off in development. Perhaps the UCSD community will decide that we prefer efficiency/profitability over character. That's fine, as long as it's a decision that is made openly and with input from all the stakeholders.— December 12, 2014 2:21 p.m.
A question of safety...and address
As far as I know, no plans exist to replace the building or allow another group to use the space.— November 25, 2014 5:43 p.m.