Author Archives: Peach Indravudh

Two UCLA student groups held opposing events Friday evening debating the cartoons that depicted the Prophet Mohammed and sparked international controversy since they were originally published in a Danish newspaper. The later event, during which the student group L.O.G.I.C. hosted a panel discussion and displayed the cartoons, aimed to provide an intellectual discourse on the […]

As part of an event on Friday, a student group plans to display a series of controversial Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad which have instigated violent protests abroad and political debates across the globe. The event, which organizers say is intended to provoke a debate on free speech, is being held by L.O.G.I.C., which […]

Forget the print edition. For her daily dose of current events, The New York Times Online is Rachel Landis’ homepage. In a technological age, Landis, a Jewish campus service core fellow at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, prefers online sources for international and national news coverage. “I don’t have time […]

In an unusual move, the University of California Board of Regents released Friday executive salary reports that the board approved between its regularly scheduled meetings in an effort to improve fiscal transparency and calm criticism over past compensation practices. The report ““ which revealed the benefits, compensation and base salaries of four recently appointed UC […]

Putting stem cell research in California in jeopardy, the Institute of Regenerative Medicine went on trial Monday, as taxpayer groups questioned the constitutionality of Proposition 71 in state law. Approved in November 2004, the proposition, also known as the Stem Cell and Research Cures Act, created the state-run institute to regulate stem cell research and […]

As elected chairman of the Democratic Nominating Committee and a frontrunner for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, Howard Dean has faced larger, more critical audiences ““ but Wednesday evening he spoke to a UCLA lecture hall filled with student supporters to its 227-person capacity. “I could teach chemistry here,” he joked at the beginning of […]

Howard Dean, elected chairman of the Democratic Nominating Committee and early frontrunner in the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, is scheduled to speak on campus today as part of the party’s fundraising campaign. The event is being put on by Bruin Democrats. Gabe Rose, events director for the group, said he expects Dean to talk about […]