Saturday, October 24

Opening up would help regents shut down critics

University officials have probably been more than a little uncomfortable this week leading up to today’s Board of Regents meeting. The meeting ““ which takes place in San Francisco and runs until Thursday ““ is the fourth since news broke in the fall of the university’s questionable compensation practices for officials, professors and top executives. Read more...


Finding ways to access Westwood

Though the Go Westwood Web site was deactivated in February, university officials and student leaders are finding other ways to promote a closer relationship between students and Westwood Village. Read more...




Nobel laureate details state of Iran

It’s not every day that a speaker at UCLA is met with as much opposition as Shirin Ebadi was Monday night. Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace laureate, came to UCLA to speak of her new book, “Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.” She said in Iran, the life of a woman is worth half that of a man, while the age of criminal responsibility is amazingly low. Read more...


State agencies address language barrier

State health care agencies are on the move after UCLA public health researchers released a study last week revealing that more than 1 million adults in California face restricted health care access because they do not speak English proficiently. Read more...


Senate backers meet deadline

Proponents of the senate proposal said Monday that they have submitted more than enough signatures to the Election Board to hold a special election during ninth week, though the board has not yet verified all the signatures. Read more...