UC Santa Cruz head commits suicide    |   June 25, 2006 at 6:41
AM SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (UPI) -- The embattled chancellor of
the University of California-Santa Cruz was found dead in San
Francisco from what police believe was a suicide.  Denice Dee
Denton was an electrical engineer by trade who rose through the
ranks at several prominent universities and landed the Santa
Cruz top post in February 2005.  She was an ardent advocate for
women and others underrepresented in science, engineering and
math fields.  One of the youngest and first openly lesbian
chancellors in the UC system history, Denton was criticized for
her extra perks, the Los Angeles Times reports, including a
$600,000 upgrade to the university-owned chancellor's home.
Some labor unions complained that Denton's partner, previously a
materials science and engineering professor at the University of
Washington, was given a job as head of UC's international
strategy development.  UC spokesman Michael Reese said the
debate was over, that Denton's