Author Archives: Charles Proctor

PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa “”mdash; Going to college in South Africa is not all that different from going to college in the United States. Like many college campuses, the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg ““ a city of 300,000 ““ is a blend of tradition and modernity. The cornerstone of the Old Main Building proclaims it […]

SAN FRANCISCO ““ The loss of classified material at Los Alamos National Laboratory drew the ire and frustration of the UC Board of Regents that said the incident is “totally unacceptable” and called for major reforms at the labs during its bimonthly meeting Thursday. Lab officials, who met with the regents by special request, said […]

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Though a state budget is two weeks overdue and the University of California will likely absorb over $300 million in budget cuts this year, the university’s top financial official said he was optimistic about the UC’s budget situation during UC Board of Regents’ bimonthly meeting Wednesday. Larry Hershman, the UC vice president […]

Four years ago, the conflict in Israel-Palestine hit the news in a big way. UCLA students ““ usually an insular community ““ opened their newspapers to images of war: photos of the aftermath of suicide bombers, pictures of the carnage wrought by Israeli tanks, dead civilians of all ages, from both sides. In a region […]

The passing of Ronald Reagan not only closes a chapter on part of the nation’s history, but part of the University of California’s history as well. It is a history marked by stormy student protests at UC Berkeley, FBI infiltration of the university, and culmination in Reagan, then the governor of California, sitting at a […]

An overflow crowd lined up to listen to a former-Palestinian-terrorist-turned-Israel-advocate speak on campus Tuesday afternoon in an event that was a confirmation of belief for some and upsetting for others. Wallid Shoebat, who said he was once so involved with a terrorist network that he nearly detonated a bomb in an Israeli bank, discussed his […]

Many people would consider Wallid Shoebat to be a Palestinian. He was born in Bethlehem, raised in Jericho and educated in Palestinian culture. But call Shoebat “Palestinian” and he’ll immediately reject the label. “I don’t like the term Palestinian. I don’t believe in it,” he said. Shoebat’s story, which he will tell today at UCLA, […]