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Some students, faculty oppose Napolitano as new UC president
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Jul 17, 2013
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Some students, faculty oppose Napolitano as new UC president
Activists plan to protest the U.C. Regents vote Thursday on whether to name Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano as the university system's president.
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Activists plan to protest the U.C. Regents vote Thursday on whether to name Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano as the university system's president.

University of California Regents are meeting in San Francisco on Thursday to vote on the appointment of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano to be the next UC president — one of the most prestigious jobs in higher education — but some are asking whether she's the right person for the job.

KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.