Internet entrepreneur Jessica Jackley chosen as 2012 College of Letters and Science commencement speaker

Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org and Internet microloaning entrepreneur, has been selected as the commencement speaker for the 2012 College of Letters and Science graduation ceremony.

Kiva.org, which Jackley helped found in 2005, is a website that allows Internet users to lend money to entrepreneurs around the world in order to help them jumpstart or expand their small businesses.

Jackley also co-founded and served as CEO of ProFounder, a site which provides U.S.

Apartheid wall does not facilitate healthy dialogue on Arab-Israeli conflict

This week, as Palestine Awareness Week takes place at UCLA, the pro-Israel community braces for sound bites, such as “apartheid state” and “occupation.” Meanwhile, campus organizations hope for the publicity and exposure they believe such an issue truly deserves. What’s more important, however, is not what they’re saying but how they’re saying it.