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...Kevin M. Neylan ’12 said he preferred Berryline, calling Pinkberry “really overpriced and not very tasty...
...ADRIAN NEYLAN, taxi driver and blogger, cablog.com.au I'd start the evening souvenir-hunting in the historic Rocks area beside the Harbour Bridge, before stopping for a drink at the Argyle, tel: (61-2) 9247 5500, a pub in a sandstone-walled 19th century warehouse. Then I'd stroll along Circular Quay, where the ferries dock, to the Opera House. The brightly lit water traffic against the backdrop of the city lights is a mesmerizing sight. For pre-dinner drinks, my pick would be the waterside Opera Bar, tel: (61-2) 9247 1666, tucked below the white sails...
Died. John Francis Neylan, 74, colorful San Francisco attorney, a onetime chief counsel of the Hearst empire and a regent of the University of California from 1928 to 1955, who in 1949 began a clamorous, ultimately unsuccessful battle to impose an anti-Communist loyalty oath on the university faculty; of a pulmonary condition; in San Francisco...
...faculty committee had concluded, after lengthy interviews, that none of the 39 was a Communist. Some of the regents were not impressed. Since 99% of the staff had signed, argued Regent John Francis Neylan, "the small balance of 39 is doing the university a great disservice. They should not be retained." At one point, a professor from the faculty committee broke in. Said he: "Rather than having caught Communists, you have caught the free and independent spirits of the university, and if you disregard our report, you will crush great spirits and destroy great scholars...
Regent John Francis Neylan, San Francisco attorney who voted for the oath and ultimatum, stated that the whole issue could be reduced to the question "shall the Regents accord to each card-carrying Communist the confidence, the respect, and the privileges accorded to the distinguished scholars who have made the university a great seat of learning?" but an authorized spokesman for the Academic Senate made it clear that the faculty did not want Communists on the faculty. "We have patiently tried to settle this bugaboo of repudiation, but Regent Neylan has been unwilling to listen," Professor Malcolm Davisson stated...