ABSTRACT
The media storm of fall 2005 was interesting because it exposed a deep fatigue on the part of the public with the fox culture of the University of California (UC). It was clear that people had very little understanding of, or tolerance for, the current ways of the research university. In addition, it showed that Robert C. Dynes was simply not as good a fox as some of his predecessors. It evidenced a considerable degree of racism and sexism. David P. Gardner, who was primarily a fox, had a significant hedgehog side to his personality, which manifested itself in sudden insights. In one of his most important hedgehog moments, he had warned about the 1974 legislature's resolution to establish a goal for the student body. The goal of the student body was to approximate the diversity of the state's population which was on a collision course with the UC's restrictive admission policies, as defined by the Master Plan.
