article_snippet: Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California system and former U.S. Homeland Security secretary, publicly apologized Thursday for calling chants by students protesting tuition hikes 'crap,' a remark overheard on an open microphone at a board of regents meeting.
article_snippet: Napolitano, also a former Arizona governor, opened a regents meeting by expressing contrition, a day after the university's recording of a Wednesday gathering captured Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California system and former U.S. Homeland Security secretary saying, 'We don't have to listen to this crap,' when Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California system and former U.S. Homeland Security secretary leaned over to the board chairman who had just activated his microphone.
article_snippet: University of California president Janet Napolitano talks with Gov. Jerry Brown during a UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco .
article_snippet: Janet Napolitano apologized Thursday 'for using a word that Janet Napolitano doesn't normally use, which was picked up on the mike', Dianne Klein, spokeswoman for the University of California Office of the President, said in an email.
article_snippet: Janet Napolitano added: '[Napolitano] suggested that many of us have been in similar situations where an inadvertent comment was overheard'.
article_snippet: Janet Napolitano said the time allotted for public comments had ended Wednesday when protesters interrupted. '
article_snippet: This went on for quite some time and when the participants ignored police instructions to end the participants protest, the board chair began following the established procedure to temporarily shut down the meeting,' Janet Napolitano said.
article_snippet: Janet Napolitano's comment reflected Janet Napolitano personal frustration with disruptions that hinder discussions on topics 'vital to the future of University of California and the education of University of California students,' Janet Napolitano said.
article_snippet: University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks while giving a briefing on the progress University of California President Janet Napolitano and Governor Jerry Brown have made in ironing out she and Gov. Jerry Brown differences over UC's budget .
highlights_snippet: On Thursday the former Arizona governor apologized for the remark .