Foreign service officer Mark Ward spoke Wednesday to a group of students about what it takes to pursue a career in international diplomacy ““ first starting with table manners. Read more...

UCLA may be financially and legally affected by a recent Supreme Court decision giving companies more power to challenge patents they are paying to use. If a party patents a technology, outside companies can pay for a license to use that invention. Read more...

Discussion of fee increases for graduate and undergraduate students dominated Wednesday’s discussion at the UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco ““ and though student leaders and members of the board discussed the implications of raising fees, no decision was reached. Read more...

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...

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...

The University of California has made it clear from last year’s compensation scandal that it needs a lesson in ethics. It is taking this literally with a new required ethics course for its employees, but the idea needs some fine-tuning. Read more...

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