Author Archives: Robert Faturechi

The housing bubble is bound to pop, creating a sharp decline in real estate costs that could trigger a recession, several economists at the UCLA Anderson Forecast said. The business school issued its quarterly economic forecast Wednesday, an evaluation considered by many to be one of the leading independent economic forecasts in the nation. The […]

A UC Berkeley professor has called for an independent investigation of university compensation deals in response to brewing concerns about perks and bonuses for some top administrators. On Monday, a faculty petition for an independent investigation was presented to the university. Launched two weeks ago, it has already garnered the support of about 55 University […]

In a surprising move, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a major higher education spending bill last week that would have frozen federal student aid at 2005 levels. Critics say a freeze on aid, combined with inflation, would take a big hit on college students in the new fiscal year. Twenty-two House Republicans broke ranks […]

The image, projected onto a giant white screen in Moore Hall, silenced the crowd of nearly 200. A black Sudanese baby, back turned to the camera, with a bright pink gunshot wound to the back. This image and others ““ swollen-bellied babies, men with guns, widowed woman ““ took center stage Wednesday night, when the […]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will have to rehabilitate his image in the coming months, after the major political blow that came when voters handily rejected all his Special Election ballot proposals Tuesday. The Republican governor’s pet propositions ““ Proposition 74, to extend teacher probation periods; 75, to put restrictions on union spending; 76, to slow the […]

Some were a couple years older, some a year younger, but more than half of the American soldiers killed in Iraq were the same age as most students at UCLA. Of the more than 2,000 Americans who have died in the war, at least 1,064 were between the ages of 18 and 24, according to […]

Two fiscally conservative governors, miles away from each other, are forecasting budgetary disaster unless voters pass new state spending rules. This situation might seem common enough, but this time there is a catch: Their goals are opposite. While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pushes California voters to put a cap on yearly state spending, his Colorado counterpart […]