SAN FRANCISCO A University of California chancellor died Saturday in an apparent suicide jump from a 43-story apartment building on Saturday, authorities said. Denice Dee Denton, 46, the chancellor of the Santa Cruz campus, apparently jumped from an undisclosed section of the Paramount luxury apartment building around 8 a.m. and landed on a parking garage, police and university officials said. The Medical Examiner's office and a university spokesman confirmed her death, though the cause was still under investigation.
"Hmmm... 43 stories, concrete parking lot... Legume, I suspect poison!"
"Those of us who worked closely with Denice valued her intelligence, humor, and commitment to the ideals of diversity and higher education," UC Santa Cruz Campus Provost David S. Kliger said in a statement. "We are deeply saddened by her death."
Denton recently was criticized for demanding expensive remodeling to her campus home and for helping her partner secure a top-paying university position. In March, she defended $600,000 worth of renovations to her campus home she demanded during contract negotiations before being hired in 2004. Campus employees criticized the expenditures as lavish while the university raised fees and cut budgets.
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So anyone around here feel guilty for criticizing her on her personal and extravagent wishes using the public purse? University of California---my Alma Martyr (Berkeley, though, not Santa Cruz. We actually did serious courses there, believe it or not)
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According to the SF Chronicle, the University of California quietly created a new $192,000 management position for the longtime partner of Chancellor Denton at UC Santa Cruz.
In addition to Kalonji's salary, UC provided her with the usual faculty housing assistance allowance of up to $50,000 to help with her transition to California and UC and paid her moving expenses. She had a $134,424 salary at the University of Washington.
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No wonder she jumped...moving from Washington her partner could hardly be expected to cover the costs from Two Men and Truck. Anyone check to see if the partner pushed her...I go with the poison explaination..case closed.
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"Those of us who worked closely with Denice valued her intelligence, humor, and commitment to the ideals of diversity and higher education," UC Santa Cruz Campus Provost David S. Kliger said in a statement. "We are deeply saddened by her death."
a diverse PC epitaph but a contradictory one, an impossibility of performance.
Both humor and intelligence are always cancelled by ideals of diversity.
ya want proof? how bout a 43 story drop!
btw compared to UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis is "reactionary".
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Amazing that someone can be so arrogant in acquiring the privileges of rank, so firm in her sense of entitlement, and yet so brittle in the face of criticism.
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UCSC can't win. Now they will have to spend another $600,000 to remodel the home for the next chancellor.
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Woof, woof, woof! I give you the "lovely" newly deceased Chancellor Denton.
And her equally lovely lesbian lover...er...life partner!
Milkbone biscuit, anyone? Bueller?
Okay, okay...one more! Just what the hell is it with lesbians and the Bruce Vilanch look, anyway? I present, you decide.
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Ms. Denton appears to have been an extraordinary individual. Numerous advanced degrees in Computer and Electrical engineering, etc.
Of course, with work at Madison, WI and Santa Cruz, CA, she was obviously another cog in the liberal moonbat university machine, but I send my condolences to her family nonetheless.
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maybe so, but her ethics training sucked. Her lesbian partner, Kalonji, was a Materials Science Professor at UW-Seattle. Kalonji's $192,000/yr position at UC was as "Director of International Strategy Development". See if you can describe her qualifications for that PC-speak position from her previous CV?
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Please, will someone tell me what "Intl Strategy Develpment" on the college campus actually means? So surprise to many, I'm clueless.
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She was under investigation and I guess lying and cheating the school turned out to be agains the law (for liberals too). The creation of non-position for her long time life partner really struck a nerve in a state where they (the UC system) whines about needing more money and raised tutition on students. After some investigation there turned out to be a great deal of shenanigans going on in the UC system. She may have taken the quick way out but I bet you'll see a lot more looking for new employment. Lovely pics....YUCK!
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I'm surprised that they were able to find any contestants who hadn't doffed their duds for the camera. In the civilized world there must only be a few dozen left who haven't.
NARBERTH, Pa. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton threw her political muscle and famous name into the Pennsylvania governor's race on Saturday, urging women voters to help re-elect Gov. Ed Rendell so he can continue to improve health care, education and energy policy in the state.
Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke to more than 500 supporters packed into an auditorium at Narberth Borough Hall, in the heart of the Philadelphia suburbs that were crucial to Rendell's 2002 election victory. The former first lady told the cheering crowd at the "Women for Rendell" event that female voters need to support the governor when he faces Republican challenger Lynn Swann in the November election. "I see someone who is standing up to defend the rights of women and minorities and others that have been stripped away by this (presidential) administration," Clinton said of Rendell. "He has forged ahead, as is his trademark."
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"the rights of women and minorities and others that have been stripped away by this (presidential) administration"
Fascinating. Would someone please enumerate the rights which Bush is regularly accused of magically taking away? I say magically since he has no such power.
FAR more likely is they're merely upset that the manufactured rights industry of the Left is having trouble imposing their Loony Licentious LalaLand Laboratory creations upon the rest of America while Bush is President.
I hear so much about this Constitutional Evisceration, yet I can find no trace, none whatsoever, of it. Please, if anyone has links to such hateful and terrible acts, post them forthwith. Let's impeach this bastard before he strikes again!
LOL. Hillary is just another LLL liar who knows she will never be called to account for her pandering venality. Asstard.
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I wonder if the Hilderbeast and the Gov had some time to "chill" and listen to Gov son's Jesse Rendell's ... "melodic punk at its finest" album "Don't Look Down," featuring tracks:
1. Weak Me
2. Bender - Download MP3
3. Fast Forward
4. Undone
5. Can You Hear Me?
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The reason I keep hoping that somebody will publish a scorecard of who hates who in the democratic party is that I know, when the short knives come out, the alliances and treacheries are going to make the WoT seem simple in comparison.
As the Indians closed in, Custer ordered his men to shoot their horses and stack the carcasses to form a wall, but they provided little protection against bullets. In less than an hour, Custer and his men were killed in the worst American military disaster ever.
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...A while back, History Channel did a very good special on the Last Stand and made a compelling argument that there was no "last stand' the way we think of it, but rather Custer's force was overrun as it tried to make its way to defensible ground.
Mike
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... the worst American military disaster ever.
Hmmm...
Washington being chased out of New York?
The surrender of Lincoln at Charleston in the AWI?
The entire War of 1812? [maybe not the burning of Washington]
The two unsuccessful Seminole Wars?
The Civil War, too numerous, but I'll throw in Fredricksburg. [Note this is about USA, not CSA]
Fort Phil Kearney?
Pearl Harbor?
The surrender of the Philippines?
The night engagement the evening of the landing at Guadalcanal?
First battle of Battle for Kasserine Pass?
The first North Korean invasion of the South [re:Task Force Smith], followed by the ComChi invasion later that year?
etc. etc. etc.
Though I will note that if today's libs and MSM were around a hundred years ago both the Dakota and New Mexico regions would still be territories rather than states. What a quagmire.
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The Civil War, too numerous, but I'll throw in Fredricksburg. [Note this is about USA, not CSA]
Attempting to cross a river under intense fire and rifled 3-inch cannon to attack an occupying force on the high ground in MOUT..... well, I rest my grits.
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The Chosin/Changjin Reservoir action was a victory of sorts for the US/UN. A successful fighting retreat is a very difficult military maneuver. I believe General Smith's famous quote was "This is no retreat, we're just attacking in a different direction!"
A new brewpub is opening in the Little Big Horn area, the scene of Custer's Last Stand, amid much controversy in the Native American community. The brewery owner commisioned a local artist to paint a mural depicting the artist's perception of Custer's last thoughts at the battle.
The artist, Susan McKay, recently revealed the working drawing of her work to the brewery owner and Interior officials amidst great fanfare. When the painting was revealed, the observers were confused then angered. The painting was a quiet lake scene with a fish, with a halo around its head, jumping out of the water. In the hillsides around the lake were thousands of copulating Indians. The furious brewery owner expected to see a painting depicting Custer's devoted wife or Custer's vision of becoming a martyred hero. He wanted an explanation. "What does this have to do with Custer's last thought?!" he demanded. The artist looked at him and said, "Holy Mackerel!! Where did all those fucking Indians come from!!"
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SAN FRANCISCO A University of California chancellor died Saturday in an apparent suicide jump from a 43-story apartment building on Saturday, authorities said. Denice Dee Denton, 46, the chancellor of the Santa Cruz campus, apparently jumped from an undisclosed section of the Paramount luxury apartment building around 8 a.m. and landed on a parking garage, police and university officials said. The Medical Examiner's office and a university spokesman confirmed her death, though the cause was still under investigation.
NARBERTH, Pa. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton threw her political muscle and famous name into the Pennsylvania governor's race on Saturday, urging women voters to help re-elect Gov. Ed Rendell so he can continue to improve health care, education and energy policy in the state. 
