I have been told that this column should try to get at what my time at the Daily Bruin has meant to me. But this story I am about to tell doesn’t start in the Daily Bruin (though it does end there). Instead, it starts in Vilanculos, Mozambique. Vilanculos is a small fishing village on […]
Author Archives: Charles Proctor
[Final reflections]: Leader revolutionized university fundraising
It was the day after UCLA ended its record-setting, multi-billion-dollar fundraising campaign that the e-mails started pouring into Michael Eicher’s inbox. Eicher, the UCLA vice chancellor of external affairs, received messages from colleagues at universities all over the country ““ people who, like him, dedicate their time to chasing ever-crucial dollars from donors and alumni. […]
Bruin Runners make history in style at Bay to Breakers
SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; They came to the City by the Bay wearing grass skirts and coconut bras, with “Sons of Westwood” and “The Mighty Bruins” on their lips. Preceded by a tiki torch and followed by a spear-carrier, they joined over 60,000 of the running, the walking, the costumed and the inebriated Sunday morning, ready […]
Israeli independence celebrated, debated
It was 3 a.m. on an August night in Israel when the first wave of settlers arrived at the religious school in Old Jerusalem. Michael Snoyman, a UCLA student who was at the school, woke up to see the buses arrive. They dropped off nearly 100 settlers, looking tired and bedraggled. The administrators were so […]
A Closer Look: Online criticism of outspoken professors not a new concept
A conservative group at a major public university posts a “watch list” of the school’s most politically outspoken professors on a Web site. National media attention follows. Professors worry their academic freedom is under fire. It happened at UCLA in early January. But it also happened at the University of Texas, Austin two years ago, […]
A mix-up of associations
Joseph Guth is the kind of alumnus UCLA could put on its brochures. A retired professor who lives in Virginia, he has been a loyal supporter of the university for 45 years, and he even included UCLA as a beneficiary in his will. But now, he says he’s considering cutting ties. What changed Guth’s mind […]
[Online Exclusive]: Medlock charged with two counts of felony DUI
While his teammates celebrated a Sun Bowl victory, UCLA placekicker Justin Medlock was charged with felony driving under the influence in a Dec. 10 accident in which a member of the women’s golf team was injured. Medlock has been serving an indefinite suspension from the team and did not play in the bowl game. The […]