The UC Board of Regents meets every other month with little fanfare, but when the regents meet this week, more eyes than usual will likely be focused on them. In what many consider to be a critically important meeting, which begins today in San Francisco and continues Thursday, the regents plan to address the executive […]
Author Archives: Richard Clough
Hazardous delivery closes streets
Several blocks southwest of campus were closed Thursday afternoon while hazardous materials crews investigated the contents of a truck carrying containers filled with unidentified industrial chemicals. The streets remained closed between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., until authorities determined the chemicals ““ which were at one point thought to be potentially explosive ““ posed no threat. […]
Hip-hop off the top: The battle
Editor’s note: Audio clips in this story contain some expletive lyrics. Usually quiet after dark, the heart of campus Wednesday night thumped to phat beats as some of UCLA’s finest b-boys and MCs popped, flowed and spit their illest rhymes. As part of Hip-Hop Awareness Week, a coalition of campus groups held Mic Club, perhaps […]
An economic tradition
His name may not be as well known as John Wooden, but Armen Alchian is arguably just as much a part of UCLA history as the longtime men’s basketball coach. Alchian, who turned 92 last month, is now in his 60th year at UCLA and ranks among the most respected economists in the country. And […]
Web pages turn into sites of collective mourning for students
In the hours after UCLA student Julien D’Avanzo’s death early Thursday morning, one of his closest friends decided to take his mourning online. “I got back to my room, and that was the only thing that I could think to do,” said Erick Magana, a second-year English student who described D’Avanzo as “one of my […]
[Online Exclusive]: Report shows decrease in faculty salaries
As details continue to surface regarding the excesses in University of California executive compensation, a new report shows faculty salaries at colleges and universities across the nation have been taking hits in recent years. The American Association of University Professors released a report Monday detailing faculty compensation, which shows that salaries, when adjusted for inflation, […]
External audit details UC's pay practices
In the second meeting in as many weeks to discuss executive compensation, the UC Board of Regents on Monday was rebuked yet again for its accountability and compensation practices. The regents called Monday’s meeting at UCLA to receive an independent report and audit of the university’s compensation practices, which depicted a payroll system in a […]