Subject: Nov. 19th incident From: "Prasant Mohapatra" To: csug@cs.ucdavis.edu, cseug@cs.ucdavis.edu, csgrad@cs.ucdavis.edu [Add] Cc: csstaff@cs.ucdavis.edu, csfac@cs.ucdavis.edu [Add] Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:14 PM Dear Students: The faculty of the Department of Computer Science expresses our deep regret to you for the pepper-spraying of a group of peaceful student demonstrators last Friday. The assault on the demonstrators was uncalled for and violates the principles of community to which all of us at UC Davis aspire. We are immensely proud of the UC Davis students and their clear-headed and creative practice of non-violent civil disobedience. Watching them defuse the confrontation with the police on Friday and sit in total silence as the Chancellor left Surge II on Saturday was enlightening and inspiring. Let's look forward and work together to make UC Davis better than ever before. Happy thanksgiving and best wishes! Prasant --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prasant Mohapatra, Professor and Chair, Tim Bucher Family Endowed Chair, Department of Computer Science, 2063 Kemper Hall, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Tel. (530) 754-8016 Fax. (530) 752-4767 ----------------------------------------------------------------------