Nearly a month after she was allegedly assaulted by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, freelance journalist Rachel Neuwirth filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday against Seidler-Feller and UCLA Hillel. Also named as co-defendants in the suit are the Hillel Foundation for Campus Jewish Life, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, and Los Angeles […]
Author Archives: Shaun Bishop
Students to challenge regents’ priorities
This week’s meeting of the University of California Board of Regents at UCLA marks the only time the board will visit an undergraduate campus this year, and an opportunity student organizers are making sure they don’t waste. In an effort to voice student concerns regarding issues facing the regents, UCLA’s Affirmative Action Coalition is planning […]
Where did they go?
Eight months ago, thousands of students at UCLA and around the country staged dramatic rallies, protesting an American-led war in Iraq before a single shot had been fired. Fast-forward to today. According to the Department of Defense, 397 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the war began on March 20. As the United States […]
Seidler-Feller promotes religious, political dialogue
Inside the UCLA Hillel building, behind the door of the first office on the left, is a slim man with wiry gray hair and bright eyes behind thin-rimmed glasses. He sits at an oval conference table in a room with wall-to-wall, ceiling-high bookcases full of Jewish literature. With a sly New York accent, he notes […]
Dynes forms group to study UC admissions
Prompted by recent criticism of the University of California’s admissions procedures, UC President Robert Dynes announced the formation of a study group to examine pressing admissions issues the university will face in coming years. According to an Oct. 31 statement, Dynes wrote a three-page letter to the 17 members of the Eligibility and Admissions Study […]
Bill introduced to limit fee hikes
Three months after the UC Board of Regents raised student fees 30 percent, a California congressman introduced a bill Thursday that would allow the federal government to financially penalize colleges and universities for “exorbitant tuition hikes.” Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) unveiled the Affordability in Higher Education Act in a press conference in Washington, […]
Prop. 54 defeated by wide margin
Just minutes after finding out he had become the first California governor in history to be recalled, Gray Davis could still put on a smile for the defeat of Proposition 54. “Thank you for having the wisdom to defeat Prop. 54 tonight,” Davis said in a speech conceding his governorship to Arnold Schwarzenegger. A controversial […]