WSU, UW questioned on medical school budgets – Thu, 19 Feb 2015 PST

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OLYMPIA The Legislature should not have to be forced to act like a parent to settle a fight between children in the dispute between the states two largest universities over medical education in Spokane, a key senator saidWednesday.

Sen. Andy Hill, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, expressed frustration with last falls breakup of the partnership between the University of Washington and Washington State University for existing medical education inSpokane.

WSU President Elson Floyd had told the committee his institution was willing to continue the partnership over the multistate WWAMI program in Spokane while developing

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OLYMPIA The Legislature should not have to be forced to act like a parent to settle a fight between children in the dispute between the states two largest universities over medical education in Spokane, a key senator saidWednesday.

Sen. Andy Hill, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, expressed frustration with last falls breakup of the partnership between the University of Washington and Washington State University for existing medical education inSpokane.

WSU President Elson Floyd had told the committee his institution was willing to continue the partnership over the multistate WWAMI program in Spokane while developing its own medical school. UW decided to seek another partner the decision rests with them, hesaid.

Ian Goodhew, director of government relations for UW Medicine, said the University of Washington wanted a partner that was committed to the partnership. But he told the committee the decision to end the partnership wasmutual.

Others may have a different interpretation, he said. I dontagree.

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Board of Governors endorses USF medical school for downtown Tampa

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TALLAHASSEE The second time was the charm for the University of South Florida.

The Florida Board of Governors on Thursday unanimously endorsed USF's proposed $153 million downtown medical education and research center, which is poised to rise in the heart of Jeff Vinik's $1 billion downtown Tampa redevelopment project.

"There's a lot of academic merit as well as economic merit to moving the medical school and the heart health institute downtown," said USF President Judy Genshaft. "We're so pleased that the Board of Governors obviously agreed with that decision."

What USF needed from the BOG and what the governors came through with on Thursday was to endorse a key part of the state funding needed for the project.

The BOG, which oversees the State University System, essentially recommended that the Florida Legislature give USF the first $17 million payment for the project this session. USF will need the rest of the $57 million over the next two years.

The BOG has already approved funding the heart institute, and that $50 million will be combined with the $57 million for the medical school to build one downtown office tower to hold both.

But what also made Thursday critical was that it was the first time the BOG voted to endorse USF's downtown Tampa plans. That should make the process much smoother when USF asks the governors for the rest of the $57 million down the road.

That's especially important considering the reception the project got the last time the BOG heard about it. Last month in Jacksonville, some governors seemed surprised by USF's proposal and demanded more information, like a more detailed business plan. The BOG postponed voting on the project and sent USF back to Tampa to hone its pitch.

USF responded Thursday with a polished pitch delivered by Dr. Charles Lockwood, dean of the medical school, and USF trustee Brian Lamb, the chair of the Tampa Bay Partnership, bank executive and former USF point guard.

This time the BOG asked no questions, and governor Dean Colson who raised the biggest fuss last month was the one who made the motion to recommend USF's project.

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Amol Rajan: Its about time we abolished traffic lights in the capital

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The logic is irresistible. What with its celebration of personal autonomy and private enterprise, its dependence on a rules-based system and its ability to generate instinctive suspicion of outsiders, I have long thought of driving as mere libertarianism in motion. Thats one reason Ronald Reagan was so fond of using it in his political metaphors.

And yet a funny thing has happened. The experience has actually turned me into something of a hippy, a loved-up citizen rather than a hyper-rational hater. Ive found talking to Taz, my instructor, therapeutic: his 10 siblings and four daughters seem like old friends already, even when he is screaming RELAX, bruvva! CALM your BEANS, my son! as we reverse- park into a bay in Wood Green.

Despite such commotion, being behind the wheel has struck me as a beautiful vantage point. Like Louis Armstrong, I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you. Like with cycling, I find driving helps me appreciate the beauty of our environment. Best of all, Ive found other drivers to be communicative and kind, albeit probably looking after their own interests when they see a learner driver.

All this is cheering. Theres just one drag, which is that I hate traffic so much it might stop me driving altogether.

I know everyone hates traffic. But I really, really cannot bear it. Traffic is like a huge grater scratching away at my soul. I feel like my whole life is a war against time, with a constant sense that there is so much to do. Traffic, even with the radio on, is dead time.

And these two sentiments surprise at the generosity of fellow drivers, and hatred of traffic combine to give me an idea. Its bonkers but should we think about abolishing traffic lights? If not all, then some at least?

I know anecdotal evidence is the worst kind but I cant help but make the comparison with India, whose roads I have spent ages on, including recently. Yes, there are 150,000 road deaths in India each year, half a million recorded accidents, and the new government is planning radical action.

But in many cities, the crazy traffic, with cows, rickshaws, mopeds, bikes, lorries and cars in constant, frenzied negotiation, just seems to work, like a highly adaptable organism. People pull off the most outlandish manoeuvres and constantly get away with it.

They do this, I think, because there is a presumption toward maximum communication which traffic lights (which Indians do have, at big junctions) censor. When we come to a traffic light, we all look at the lights one reason nearly half of personal injury accidents happen there.

What if we looked at each other instead? Sure, traffic lights send much clearer signals than the infinitely complex human face. But over time wed learn to trust each other.

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Public Art: Part 3 exhibition at Guernsey Arts Commission #39;s gallery, the greenhouse at Guernsey Museum. Open daily until 12 April 2015. To coincide with the States of Guernsey #39;s Island Developme...

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