Author Archives: Jennifer Mishory

Former UCLA Willed Body Program employee Ernest Nelson announced Monday the release of a book detailing his experiences while working for the university. The book, titled “Willing Bodies: Inside the UCLA Willed Body Program,” would accuse the UCLA program of participating in the sale of body parts, a practice that the university has said it […]

The construction of the new residential halls Hedrick Summit, Rieber Terrace and Rieber Vista will include a “dining boutique restaurant” but no new full-sized dining hall to accommodate the increase in students living in on-campus housing. Dining Services officials said that though there will be an influx of hundreds of new residents in on-campus housing, […]

UCLA Radio disc jockeys used to have to struggle in order to get into the locked Ackerman Union to host their show. Today, the disc jockeys struggle to get a time slot to air their own show. Recent organizational efforts from student leaders at UCLA Radio has created a surge in listenership and an increase […]

Increased Web site traffic is evidence that UCLA’s recent media campaign to increase student involvement in campus events has raised awareness of opportunities, but its direct effect on attendance is harder to measure. The media campaign is currently in its second phase. Posters with the phrase, “It’s 2005. Do you know where your life is?” […]

New information regarding security lapses at the Los Alamos National Laboratory has not led the UC Board of Regents to release a decision on whether to submit a bid to continue the lab’s management. The two disks containing classified information reported missing in July never existed, according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited a […]

As the site of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. and the shooting of two members of the Black Panthers, black history month has special significance to UCLA. King’s speech on April 27, 1965 drew a crowd of 5,000 people to the bottom of Janss Steps. “It is indeed a pleasure to take time […]

Scholars traveling to UCLA from the Islamic world have faced few problems since Sept. 11, 2001. But others within the Islamic studies community maintain that obtaining visas for Islamic scholars has become more difficult in recent years. Amy Newhall, executive director of the Middle East Studies Association, a national organization, recalls three scholars invited to […]