In a sharply critical analysis of past actions regarding compensation and accountability, a task force reported Thursday that the University of California has failed in its obligation for public disclosure of its employees’ compensation. The report, using language that repeatedly emphasized the failures and shortcomings of UC officials, was conducted by the task force on […]
Author Archives: Jennifer Mishory
Congress bills attempt to ban online gambling
Renewed congressional attempts to ban online gambling may curtail a pastime that has been increasing among college students in recent years. Two bills have been introduced that would clarify online gambling’s illegality and attempt to end financial transactions that facilitate such gambling, cutting off a hobby that some UCLA students spend several hours a day […]
Large scale, student action set UC divestment plan apart
When the UC Board of Regents voted in March to withdraw funds from companies involved with the Sudanese government, they created the most extensive university divestment plan to date. The decision-making process was led by a task force that included students and used research done by students, independent research firms and other divestment campaigns. The […]
Student groups discuss disputed cartoons
The campus student group L.O.G.I.C. plans to show the controversial cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad tonight, a week and a half after a similar event at UC Irvine where tempers flared. The cartoons, which violate an Islamic principle that does not allow for visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, were originally published in a […]
Larry King speaks at Hillel
Larry King is usually the one doing the interviews. But when he spoke Thursday night at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, audience members got a chance to ask the broadcaster some of their own questions. King spoke as a part of the Daniel Pearl Memorial lecture series, a yearly event […]
Alum proposes Israeli-Palestinian union
A plan created by a local attorney to create a confederation of Israelis and Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza was introduced at a symposium at UCLA on Sunday. UCLA alumnus Josef Avesar introduced his idea for a coalition of representatives that would act alongside the existing Israeli and Palestinian governments. The Israeli-Palestinian […]
[Online exclusive]: Panel looks at repercussion of Supreme Court's take on abortion
The UCLA School of Law held a debate Wednesday on the future of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, with speakers including Cathy Ruse, a fellow of the Family Research Council, and Mary-Jane Wagle, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. The landmark court decision made most laws against abortion unconstitutional. […]