function getRandomNum(max){
	max++;
	var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*max);
	return rndNum;
}



var menu_items = [];
var selected_items = [];





menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>UC Davis reaches $750 million milestone</h2>'+
				'<p>Campaign for UC Davis now is three-quarters of the way to its $1 billion goal, with two years remaining. </p>'+
				'<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26911">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');

menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>$10 million gift to UC Irvine is largest by faculty member</h2>'+
				'<p>Geneticist Francisco J. Ayala&#39;s profitable vineyard business bears fruit for campus.</p>'+
				'<a href="http://today.uci.edu/news/2011/10/nr_ayala_111018.php">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');

menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>UCSF chancellor, husband make historic gift to student support</h2>'+
				'<p>Susan Desmond-Hellmann and her husband, Nicholas Hellmann, recently donated $1 million for professional student scholarships.</p>'+
				'<a href="http://support.ucsf.edu/news/susan-desmond-hellmann-and-nicholas-hellmann">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');

menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>Private giving to UC Santa Barbara reaches nearly $35 million in 2010-11</h2>'+
				'<p> Campaign for UC Santa Barbara continues to attract strong philanthropic support for the campus, thus far generating more than $623 million. </p>'+
				'<a href="http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2584">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');

menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>UC San Diego leverages 50th anniversary to raise funds</h2>'+
				'<p>The campus raised $120.7 million in critically needed private support during 2010-11 as it celebrated its milestone year.</p>'+
				'<a href="http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/features/campus_leverages_milestone_anniversary_to_raise_critically_needed_funds/">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');


menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>Southern California Edison gives UC Merced $250K</h2>'+
				'<p>Gift will provide scholarships and fellowships for 50 students over two years in water, energy research.</p>'+
				'<a href="http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/southern-california-edison-gives-250k-energy-waterresearch">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');


menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>$1M engineering gift for UC Santa Cruz </h2>'+
				'<p>Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin support engineering graduate fellowships at campus scholarship benefit dinner.</p>'+
				'<a href="http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/02/sbd-after-story.html">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');


menu_items.push('<div class="news_item">'+
				'<h2>UCLA Engineering receives $2.6M for student scholarships</h2>'+
				'<p>Muriel and Robert Allan, who passed away in 2008 and 2011, respectively, left their estate to UCLA, Muriel&#39;s alma mater</p>'+
				'<a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/search.aspx?x=27&y=13&q=scholarships">Find out more</a>'+
				'</div class="news_item">');


document.observe("dom:loaded", function(){
		var range = $R(0,3).toArray();
		var images = ["url(imgs/img_girl.jpg)","url(imgs/img_band.jpg)","url(imgs/img_ucla.jpg)"];
		var rndNum = getRandomNum(2);
	
	
		range.each(function(elem){
				var r = getRandomNum(menu_items.length-1);
				var sItem = menu_items.splice(r,1);
				selected_items.push(sItem);
		});
	
		$('image').setStyle({backgroundImage:images[rndNum]});
		$('news_content').update(selected_items.join(""));
		
	});