Tuesday, October 27

Community responds to Taser use in Powell

RAW FOOTAGE Click here to see footage of the taser incident. An incident late Tuesday night in which a UCLA student was stunned at least four times with a Taser has left the UCLA community questioning whether the university police officers’ use of force was an appropriate response to the situation. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Let UCPD do its job to protect us I am appalled by the reporting of the confrontation between university police and the suspicious individual in Powell Library two nights ago (“Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers,” Nov. Read more...


Diversity dominates regents’ discussion

Discussion at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday focused largely on support for increased funding of academic preparation programs in an attempt to increase student diversity throughout the University of California system. Read more...


Protesters pursue policy change

SLIDESHOW CLICK HERE for an audio slideshow from the "Day of Reckoning" student march. The beat of drums guided the chants of several hundred protesters as they marched down Bruin Walk and rallied in front of Covel Commons on Wednesday during the UC Board of Regents meeting, with the goal of having the regents publicly denounce Proposition 209. Read more...




Film examines suicide bombers

The documentary “Suicide Killers,” which was screened at UCLA on Tuesday night, opened with scenes of carnage and devastation that followed terrorist attacks in Israel. The film, a documentary on suicide bombers in Israel which was created by French-Israeli director Pierre Rehov, consists of interview footage involving failed suicide bombers and the planning behind their missions. Read more...