By Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff After four days of intense gunfire which has left 72 dead and thousands injured, Israel and the Palestinians now face the toughest challenge to the peace process since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elected earlier this year. "The peace process is going nowhere. Eventually, probably, the situation […]
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Murder – tragedy could have been prevented I am beyond mad. I am sad. Kevin Jeske lost his life while on duty as a UCLA employee through UCPD (University of California Police Department) incompetence. Why was Kevin Jeske not escorted by the UCPD while transferring cash receipts from Wadsworth Theater to the Central Ticket Office? […]
AIDS Walk LA draws in record funds
By Karen Duryea Daily Bruin Senior Staff Mark Melo fell out of bed a half an hour before he met up with the UCLA School of Law, to walk in the 12th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles. But he had a new pair of cross-trainers to break in, so he was enthusiastic about spending the […]
AIDS Walk LA draws in record funds
By Rachel Kelley Daily Bruin Contributor Picture a "dream team" comprised of drag queens and star athletes, supermodels and superman, fashion designers and college students all united by a goal far different from winning a gold medal in the Olympic games. Their mission is to defeat an opponent so strong that it is capable of […]
Debate inside less boisterous than violent ruckus outside
By John Digrado Daily Bruin Senior Staff NORTHRIDGE — Buffered from the chants and shouts of anti-Proposition 209 protesters, the hotly-contested debate between former Ku Klux Klan member David Duke and Los Angeles civil rights activist Joe Hicks took place on schedule and with little interruption Wednesday. While activists and police clashed on the Cal […]
UC Regents approve an administrative raise
By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO — In the best financial year for the UC system since 1990, the University of California Board of Regents voted last week to give its top administrators a "modest" pay raise. The raises included UC President Richard Atkinson, who received a 4 percent increase to $253,300 a […]
California’s recession declared to be over
By Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff "California is back," said Kathleen Connell, the California State Controller at the quarterly Anderson Business Forecast conference early last week. And, according to the predictions that the school released at the conference, other Anderson economists agreed. UCLA business forecasters were optimistic about the national and Californian economies as […]