Thursday, February 5

Law professors help Puerto Rico address debt, aim to alleviate financial pressures

Two UCLA law professors helped broker a deal that will bring financial relief to Puerto Rico. Law professors Kenneth Klee and Daniel Bussel have been working on restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt since 2017 and finalized the deal in February. Read more...

Photo: Law professors Daniel Bussel (left) and Kenneth Klee (right) have been working on restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt since 2017 and finalized the deal in February. Puerto Rico had accumulated $72 billion in aggregate debt as of 2016. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)


College admissions scandal elicits proposal of new bills by California lawmakers

Experts said state bills proposed in response to the college admissions cheating scandal may not have immediate effects on the role wealth plays in the college admissions process. Read more...

Photo: California lawmakers proposed a package of bills on March 28 in response to the recent college admissions scandal. These bills were aimed at addressing the illegal measures taken by wealthy parents to grant their children admissions into elite universities, including UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Hammer Museum panel discusses effects of release of the Mueller report

Political and intelligence experts said they think the United States Attorney General’s assessment of an investigation into President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with the Russian government may be misleading, at a Hammer Museum event Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Malcolm Nance, a counter-terrorism and intelligence analyst, Ian Masters, a journalist and political radio host, Asha Rangappa, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent and CNN counterintelligence analyst and Scott Horton, a legal expert (pictured left to right), spoke at a Hammer Museum event about the impact of the recently released Mueller report. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)



Bob Woodward criticizes media’s coverage of Donald Trump in lecture series

For Bob Woodward, everyone, especially the media, needs to take some Valium and calm down. Reporters have become too embroiled in the war between the president of the United States and the media, he said. Read more...

Photo: Bob Woodward, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist, spoke at UCLA during the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series. Past speakers have included David Brooks and Larry King. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)



US Department of Education to investigate UCLA, schools involved in bribery scheme

This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. The U.S. Department of Education sent letters Tuesday stating it will investigate UCLA and seven other universities involved in a recent admissions scandal. Read more...

Photo: The U.S. Department of Education will conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether UCLA and seven other universities involved in a recent admissions scandal mismanaged federal student aid during the bribery scheme. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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