Labs to go up for bid in 2005

Nuclear labs. Lapses in security. Mismanagement. Corporate competitors appearing on the horizon. The University of California begins to look like the scene of a political melodrama as it contemplates the very real possibility of losing some of its best research facilities to corporate competitors. All possible competitors for the labs, including the UC, have said […]

UCLA hosts Model United Nations for high school students

Clad in black suits and carrying briefcases, several hundred high school students streamed into the John Wooden Center on Friday for the opening ceremony of the 11th annual UCLA Model United Nations Conference. More than 900 high school students from 34 schools participated in the MUN Conference, which lasted from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. […]

UCLA Hillel rabbi could face charges for alleged assault

University police detectives have completed an investigation of an alleged assault by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the director of UCLA Hillel and a prominent leader in the local Jewish community. The reported incident took place Oct. 21, after a presentation by Alan Dershowitz in Royce Hall. Police reports state that Seidler-Feller allegedly kicked and grabbed the […]

Debate focuses on U.S. foreign policy

A former congressman and a political commentator who teaches at Pepperdine University butted heads over the effectiveness of the Bush administration’s foreign policy Friday in a debate hosted in the James West Alumni Center. An audience of 80 students and community members attended the debate, some with questions about the role of the United States […]