Author Archives: Ben Thaler

Ackerman Union recently received new plasma television sets, and officials say the Union is scheduled to undergo a number of similar upgrades in the next few months. Roy Champawat, Associated Students UCLA student union director, said ASUCLA wants to install “state-of-the-art” equipment because students should be able to enjoy Ackerman at the “best it can […]

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner spoke at the UCLA School of Law Wednesday evening about the importance of creativity in the business industry. Eisner has been a guest of the law school all week as a regents lecturer, and Wednesday’s speech was the only event at which he appeared that was open to the general […]

Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Disney, is scheduled to speak tonight at the UCLA School of Law on the future of intellectual property and entertainment law. The talk, titled “Creativity in a Box,” is part of Eisner’s weeklong visit to UCLA as a regents guest lecturer, said Michael Schill, dean of the law school. […]

Students dressed in black and presented various forms of artistic expression Wednesday in order to educate the community about the diverse impact of HIV/AIDS on a local and global scale. The event was put on by world arts and cultures Professor David Gere and his students in the Make Art/Stop AIDS class, and was co-sponsored […]

Legal experts plan to gather today for a daylong conference at UCLA’s Williams Institute to announce the creation of a new chair focusing on sexual-orientation law and policy, the first of its kind in the nation. The Williams Institute is a think tank housed within the UCLA School of Law that aims to support legal […]

In an effort to establish a partnership based on education and research with Indian government officials, several University of California professors and administrators are traveling to India this weekend. Arun Majumdar, a UC Berkeley professor who is a member of the delegation, said he is looking forward to the visit, as both the UC and […]

Representatives from the Undergraduate Students Association Council attempted to lay out lawn chairs, blankets and pillows amid the bustle of Bruin Walk at Meyerhoff Park Wednesday afternoon, but were unable to due to campus regulations. Campus authorities required the organizers to remove all furniture from Meyerhoff Park, said Miles Hogan, a third-year marine biology student […]