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and wishes to double the
number of faculty in the
research program.
“I’m always willing to help
faculty with their research
— that’s fhe key thing I will
be developing,” Desu said.
Although he would like
the highest caliber students
in the engineering school,
he feels USC should find
a “judicious compromise”
between honors and non
honors students.
“I think everyone wants
the best quality students,”
he said. “But as a state
university, we have an
obligation to helping a broad
background of people.”
He said that the school
sends students as “agents”
into the world, and the
school must equip them
with the proper education.
Of USC’s current
engineering program, Desu
said there was nothing
he disagreed with and
especially liked the College
of Engineering’s emphasis
on energy. “It’s good that
the college is focused on
that,” he said.
Desu also praised the
college’s biotechnology and
nanotechnology programs
but said he wishes to focus
more on environmental
work, which he painted as
lacking.
Applying the college’s
work to help the surrounding
community would help
foster a better reputation,
Desu said.
He proposed expanding
the college’s education
capability, organizing
research to benefit society
and helping economic
development.
As far as a vision for the
engineering college, Desu
said he could not create one
on his own.
“A vision is not one man’s
dream, but a collective
aspiration,” he said. “I will
look at the needs of the state
and the unique needs of the
college and focus on that.”
Tangali Sudarshan,
co-chair of the College
of Engineering and
Information Technology
Dean Search Committee,
said the committee examined
many aspects in selecting its
four finalists.
“We have looked at their
entire ^ record, not just
academic,” Sudarshan said.
“We looked at their teaching
portfolio, scholarly findings
and how active they were in
their profession.”
Sudarshan said other
important aspects considered
included how the candidates
built their departments,
their administrational
skills and their fundraising
capabilities.
At UMass, Desu said he
doubled fundraising from
alumni, enabling him to
hire more professors and
give out more fellowships.
Desu wants to increase
the college’s revenue by
increasing enrollment,
^receiving research grants
and working with alumni
and the industry.
The dean search began
in October 2005 when
the committee reviewed
applications from more than
50 dean candidates.
The other finalists are
Michael D. Amiridis,
professor and chairman of
USC’s chemical engineering
department; Christine
W. Curtis, a chemical
engineering professor at
Auburn University; and
James F. Ely, chemical
engineering department
head for the Colorado
School of Mines.
The candidates will
meet with faculty and
administrators on the
following dates: Ely, Jan.
30-31; Curtis, Feb. 1-2; and
Amiridis, Feb. 6-7.
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Republicans say he is
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his parrying of Democratic
attacks on his judicial record
and personal credibility
during his confirmation
hearings this month.
Democrats worry that
Alito, along with Chief
Justice John Roberts, will
push the court to the right
and could even overturn
major decisions such as Roe
v. Wade, the abortion rights
case.
to the American people that
this guy is not King George,
he’s President George,” said
Senate Democratic leader
Harry Reid of Nevada.
Bush should have picked a
woman, said Reid.
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her because she was an
independent woman,”
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nomination was withdrawn
under conservative criticism.
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move forward with a swift
up-or-down vote so he can
begin serving on our nation’s
highest court,” White House
spokesman Scott McClellan
said after the Judiciary
Committee advanced Alito’s
nomination on a 10-8 party
line vote.
Democrats were working
to get a large opposition
vote to make their points
against President Bush.
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