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Re "Brown urges UC to speed graduations," May 16 Over the 15 years I have taught at UC Santa Barbara, I have seen repeated budget cuts and tuition increases. And yet most students are graduating in four years, not six. I am not sure what Gov. Jerry Brown is referring to when he wants to speed up graduations. A top-quality education takes time - the University of California is not McDonald's. "The outside world" that Brown mentions has greatly impacted UC; it has reduced the university to a shell of what it once was. Remarkably, students have been incredibly resilient and found a way to graduate.

Re "Brown urges UC to speed graduations," May 16 Over the 15 years I have taught at UC Santa Barbara, I have seen repeated budget cuts and tuition increases. And yet most students are graduating in four years, not six. I am not sure what Gov. Jerry Brown is referring to when he wants to speed up graduations. A top-quality education takes time - the University of California is not McDonald's. "The outside world" that Brown mentions has greatly impacted UC; it has reduced the university to a shell of what it once was. Remarkably, students have been incredibly resilient and found a way to graduate.

McDonald's Dollar Menu has failed to perk up the fast food giant's sales, but executives are determined to push its value deals -- even in the face of a public that increasingly is lining up over at Chipotle and Panera. "Your stomach is empty -- and so is your wallet. "  It's not a particularly mouthwatering appeal, but McDonald's makes its point.  For a buck each, you can get a McDouble burger, a McChicken sandwich, a side salad, a Fruit 'N Yogurt Parfait and other McDonald's staples.    Burger King tests delivery service Still, as the Associated Press reports, the Dollar Menu failed to lift sales in the first quarter.

McDonald's Dollar Menu has failed to perk up the fast food giant's sales, but executives are determined to push its value deals -- even in the face of a public that increasingly is lining up over at Chipotle and Panera. "Your stomach is empty -- and so is your wallet. "  It's not a particularly mouthwatering appeal, but McDonald's makes its point.  For a buck each, you can get a McDouble burger, a McChicken sandwich, a side salad, a Fruit 'N Yogurt Parfait and other McDonald's staples.    Burger King tests delivery service Still, as the Associated Press reports, the Dollar Menu failed to lift sales in the first quarter.

With half-moon-shaped booths, low stools, wooden blinds and flat-screen TVs, most patrons might expect to pay $8 for a burger, or $4 for a smoothie. But the decor isn't a harbinger of price. This is the new look of a remodeled McDonald's, purveyor of Happy Meals and value deals as well as upscale coffee drinks. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based burger chain is reaching critical mass on a nearly decade-long, multibillion-dollar global renovation and rebuilding project it's betting will boost sales, traffic and brand perception.

McDonald's Corp. is headed into new territory after Thursday's annual shareholders meeting, with a new chief executive slated to take over and more attempts to modernize the chain and offer healthful options. Among the efforts discussed by incoming Chief Executive Don Thompson at the Oak Brook, Ill. chain's event: Tests on decaf and skim milk options for the McCafe beverage line and more additions of grains and fruits to the menu. “We're ensuring that we have something on the menu for everyone at every price point,” Thompson said.

Anderson Cooper loves French fries. And not just any French fries. They have to be from McDonald's. "There are some people who are Burger King people and there are some people who are McDonald's people," said Cooper on his show "Anderson Live" while he held a French fry. "I've never been a Burger King person. I'm a total McDonald's person. " While Cooper continued to munch on fries on his show, he admitted he's one of the people who shows up at 10:15 a.m. while the fast food chain is still serving breakfast and waits until 10:30 so he can order lunch items.

For the first time since April 2003, monthly sales at McDonald's Corp. went down instead of up, falling 1.8% in October at stores open more than a year. The fast-food giant known for innovating its way through the recession while competitors lagged has lately lost some of its momentum. Last month, the company said its profit for the third quarter tumbled nearly 4% amid a stronger dollar and brutal U.S. competition after sliding 4.5% in the prior quarter. In October, sales were down across the world.

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest hamburger chain, keeps churning out a profit - this time due to unexpectedly balmy weather and new products such as oatmeal and Chicken McBites. The company netted $1.27 billion in income, or $1.23 per share, in its first quarter. That's a 5% increase from the $1.21 billion, or $1.15 per share, it earned during the same period in 2011. Note the absence of one-time, game-changing accounting charges  that have been seemingly omnipresent this earnings season.

Wall Street has dished up a heavy serving of doom and gloom for McDonald's Corp. in recent months as the world's largest restaurant company missed analyst expectations, suffered profit slumps and shuffled its roster of executives But the fast-food giant caught a break Monday, announcing better-than-expected November sales that gave its stock price a boost. Last month, same-store sales worldwide rose 2.4% after plunging 1.8% in October -- the first monthly slide in nine years.

The Los Angeles County jail system is, in a way, two systems. There's the one Sheriff Lee Baca says he yearns for, a place where you do your time but also get help, a place enriched with educational and mental health programs. And there's the one under scrutiny by the FBI, a federal grand jury and others over allegations of brutality and mismanagement. Terri McDonald is now in charge of them both. After a quarter-century in the state prisons, from prison guard to manager of the massive "realignment" of prisoners, McDonald will be opening the investigatory and disciplinary books on the jail, with an eye to realigning it. In your new job, do you have the authority not just to make recommendations but to carry them out ?

Anderson Cooper loves French fries. And not just any French fries. They have to be from McDonald's. "There are some people who are Burger King people and there are some people who are McDonald's people," said Cooper on his show "Anderson Live" while he held a French fry. "I've never been a Burger King person. I'm a total McDonald's person. " While Cooper continued to munch on fries on his show, he admitted he's one of the people who shows up at 10:15 a.m. while the fast food chain is still serving breakfast and waits until 10:30 so he can order lunch items.

UCLA safety Tevin McDonald has been released from the team after violating team policy. “It's disappointing to me and disappointing for Tevin,” Coach Jim Mora said. “I have known him since he was a young boy. On a personal level,  it's disappointing. I hope everything turns out well for him.” McDonald, a starter the last two seasons, was suspended for the Holiday Bowl in December after a third positive test drug test. Under UCLA policy, a player loses his scholarship after a fourth positive test.

We're known in the good ol' U.S.A. for monster portions and outrageous fast-food creations. If there is a crust, we'll stuff it. Bored with regular taco shells, we use nacho cheese Doritos. But we're nowhere near China's level of gluttony. Remember the Pizza Hut China hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza with shrimp tempura and mayonnaise ? Yikes. McDonald's China hasn't gone that far, but it released a sausage double beef burger . Look carefully. If you blink, you might miss the bottom bun. PHOTOS: Outrageous fast food menu items This monster sandwich is made with two sausages, two beef patties, a drizzle of mustard and a bun. What happened to the lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion?

As the FBI broadened its probe into violence in the L.A. County jails, Sheriff Lee Baca this week brought in an outsider with a reform background to run the troubled lockups. Baca's decision to hire Terri McDonald to manage the nation's largest jail system marks a major milestone in his reform effort, which was sparked by the federal investigation into allegations that jailers beat inmates and visitors. McDonald, who started Monday, left her post with the state prison system to oversee Baca's jails, where her annual salary is $223,087.

America, you've got Gina McDonald all wrong. "The Biggest Loser" contestant said she has shed many tears watching herself on TV this season and said that viewers were only seeing one side of her -- the side that whined, kicked, screamed and pouted like a baby, and committed the most unspeakable crime possible at the ranch: lashing out at Bob Harper. (Worse, she lashed out at Bob even though he has been unwavering in his support of her.) But this week, she said, America saw the real Gina, the graceful, gracious Southern woman who took it all in sweet stride when she was eliminated after falling below the red line for failing to lose enough weight.

McDonald's Corp. is replacing Jan Fields, president of the burger giant's U.S. operation, a week after disclosing its first monthly sales slide in nine years. But spokeswoman Lisa McComb said Fields' departure is “not related to one isolated thing or a short-term viewpoint,” saying only that her removal was “a business decision by our senior management team.” Quiz: How well do you know fast food? “The time was right for this leadership change,” McComb said, adding that she didn't know how long the decision was in the works.

In response to "Economics at Clinton's Hangout," Dec. 16: The story does a disservice to thousands of McDonald's employees--particularly those of us who started our careers in the restaurants. For the record, McDonald's is widely known for its commitment to promoting from within. More than half of the middle and senior managers in our company-owned restaurants started their careers at McDonald's in entry-level restaurant positions. In all likelihood, this number is even higher among our franchised operations.

Sales at McDonald's restaurants slipped 1.5% last month, but not because of global economic difficulties or fast-casual competition. The fast food behemoth attributed the slide to the difficulty of comparing February's performance against the same month in 2012, which had an extra day due to the leap year. Factoring out the calendar quirk, the Oak Brook, Ill., company said its worldwide same-store sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 1.7%. Same deal with its U.S. sales, which dipped 3.3%.

In the days before Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco signed his $120-million six-year NFL contract , speculation mounted about how he might celebrate (go back to Vegas? Disneyland? family pizza party?). And the first thing he does after filing the biggest contract in NFL history? He headed to McDonald's in Aberdeen, Md., on the way to his house in New Jersey and ordered a 10-piece Chicken McNugget meal with fries and unsweetened tea for $6.99, according to the McDonald's employee at the drive-through window who snapped his picture.