As often happens in Los Angeles, the show is on a short hiatus for retooling.  When we come back, I should have a co-host.

Today's podcast features two articles. 

The first article, University Fences in a Berkeley Protest and a New One Arises is from the New York Times September 13th edition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/education/13trees.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin

The second article is Second Thoughts About Second Life from the Careers  section of the September 14th edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/09/2007091401c/careers.html

The music played was The Big C and Hail to Cal Fan-Lights Out from the Berkeley Band website: http://www.calband.berkeley.edu/calband/media/calsongs/fight.html

and
Sons of Westwood (the UCLA version of The Big C) from College Fight Song Music: http://www.fightmusic.com/big10.html

And just for fun because I could hear the UCLA band practicing in the afternoons from my office:
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Today's Around The Academy Podcast focuses on the University of Southern California's Trojans Alert mass notification system.

Websites cited include:
Trojans Alert homepage: https://trojansalert.usc.edu

USC's Trojans Alert news release: http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14138.html

Los Angeles Times article College checklist: laptop, backpack, security plan http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-secure4sep04,1,5720052.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

E2Campus homepage: http://www.e2campus.com/