Saturday, August 1

Student files lawsuit over Taser use

Two months after he was hit repeatedly with a Taser by university police, Mostafa Tabatabainejad has filed a civil rights lawsuit against UCLA and university police saying he “suffered an unprovoked act of police brutality.” On Nov. Read more...


Auditing for further education

Jessica Ngo wants to get an upper hand in the business world, and she is learning Chinese to help her do so. But Ngo is not going about learning a language the way many other students would. Read more...


Editorial: Nuclear reality hits home for Jack Bauer

For “24” fans, Monday night’s ending was quite a shock, and not in the way they’re accustomed to. The episode concluded with Jack Bauer failing to stop terrorists from detonating a “suitcase nuke” in the Los Angeles suburb of Valencia, with casualties estimated in the hundreds of thousands. Read more...





UCLA Feud event asks students, “˜Why Law?’

Lawyers and other law professionals faced inquiry by students and prospective law school applicants in the latest UCLA Feud, “Why Law?” Based on the game show “Family Feud,” a panel consisting of various members of the legal profession were quizzed on their careers to help students determine whether law school would be the right choice for them, ahead of February’s Law School Admissions Test. Read more...