Author Archives: Harold Lee

Every spring, many Jews celebrate Passover to remember their struggle for freedom from enslavement by the Egyptians. But around Passover, Jews also remember a more recent struggle for freedom, which occurred during World War II ““ the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. An event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the uprising took place at the Westside Jewish […]

With the end of the war on Iraq in sight, certain parts of the U.S. economy are expected to make a recovery, according to analysts from the Anderson School at UCLA. According to Tom Lieser, senior economist for UCLA’s Anderson Forecast, consumer spending is expected to go up temporarily following the war when the uncertainty […]

Fifteen minutes is all the time the UCLA Mock Trial teams need to plan case strategy that will ultimately reveal whether seven-year-old Derrick Smith was killed by an epileptic seizure or hit-and-run driving. And so far, the program’s teams have been doing pretty well with that amount of time. Three of UCLA’s four Mock Trial […]

Job security for staff at UCLA and the effect of the statewide budget deficit were the two major issues of concern at the annual Chancellor’s Town Hall Meeting on Friday. Sponsored by the UCLA Staff Assembly, the meeting specifically covered Gov. Gray Davis’ tentative state budget and the effect it would have on staff, faculty […]