Author Archives: Ben Thaler

UCLA law Professor Khaled Abou el Fadl spoke Tuesday night about the dangers of religious extremism in all faiths and his personal reflections on what he believes is the true nature of Islam. The event was held at the UCLA Hammer Museum as part of the Hammer Forum series, which seeks to stir debate about […]

Students laid flowers and gave speeches at Bruin Plaza on Wednesday night to commemorate the life of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Dink was the editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos and was a prominent voice in the Turkish-Armenian community. He was prosecuted by a Turkish court in 2005 for insulting “Turkishness” by speaking […]

The UCLA School of Law and UCLA Latin American Center exposed students to a taste of international justice Wednesday by hosting Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa, who came to speak about the Brazilian legal system and its similarities and differences to that of the United States. Barbosa, a distinguished former prosecutor and government minister, […]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a $143 billion budget Wednesday that seeks to eliminate the state’s $5.5 billion deficit through fiscal restraint. The budget provides $103.1 billion for general fund spending and sets aside $2 billion in reserves and for limited spending, as well as imposing cuts on programs such as welfare. “In this new budget, […]

Kal Raustiala, a professor at the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA International Institute, was appointed director of the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations last month. According to a press release, the Burkle Center is a branch of UCLA’s International Institute that supports interdisciplinary research and teaching on global affairs, with an […]

Hundreds of teaching assistants and tutors gathered at several sites across campus last week to vote on whether to give the union authority to call a strike during negotiations in March. The United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents more than 12,000 graduate student instructors, conducted the vote across all nine University of California campuses. […]

UCLA officials held a town hall-style discussion Wednesday night to facilitate conversation between students and university officials regarding the Nov. 14 Taser incident. The forum, which was organized by the faculty-in-residence program, included eight faculty in residence as well as Bob Naples, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, and Nancy Greenstein, director of university police […]